April in Augusta USA - and Swanage

In April, as happens every year, my friend Norm Heberer who lives down the road from Augusta in the U.S.A., sends me a copy of the Masters Journal in readiness for the first and arguably the best major golf tournament in the world. I say "best" because Norm took me there in 1987 and to be a golfer invited to Augusta for The Masters is one of life's great experiences.

Here's a copy of the cover of this year's programme.

But what do you do in April if you are too old to travel that far and your golf playing is very infrequent? 

If you live in Dorset and it's a nice day, like today, you go to the seaside.

We went to Swanage, which is a lovely old-fashioned seaside resort that has sea views and things to do on the sea - and shops like you never see anywhere else which make summer last forever.

If you are very young it's a place for children to search for perfect pebbles or bits of dead crabs. If you are old and live there you just stand and look as you have looked every day of your life.

Or you can sit by the seaside and take refreshment or nip in the Ship Inn for liquid refreshment or just stand about talking -
 or calling for help.
Remember the old verse: "Three old ladies locked in a lavatory".
"Mum" cried a small boy "there's someone locked in the lavatory". "Sit down" she told him.
But he was right - but in our case only one; guess who?

Explorers do get lost of course or trapped in unusual places, which takes us back to the shops - or one shop in particular; "Curiosity".

I will write a separate post about "Curiosity": I have never been in a shop like it.