Blistering

Just outrageously warm today. Even the howling easterly wind was hot and that just never happens. This time a couple of years ago we had a really early Easter. I think it fell in mid to late March but it was one of the coldest Easters ever. A few hardy souls came for surfing lessons back then and still went in despite snow and thoroughly inclement conditions but I actually felt sorry for them.
This March has been altogether more clement. The water is still blooming cold mind.

Hope the budget worked out well for you today, apparently I will get £45 extra over the coming year. That may just about cover a fortnight of fuel price rises. The best part of the budget for me was forcing two 17 year olds who I was taking surfing to listen to the full George Osborne budget speech on Radio 4. Perhaps the worst kind of punishment that any 17 year old could take. Although they listened with good grace they did raise their eyebrows over the extra £100m (could have been £200m so don’t quote me) that George has granted the nation for fixing potholes. One of them also observed that the jeering in the background of the House of Commons just made the politicians sound like junior school pupils.
Wisdom beyond their tender years.