Hippodrome Great Yarmouth, what an amazing building. Full of history, atmospheric and exciting.

They put on a great show. Mabel loved it. Candy floss, flashing unicorn headband and clowns, what’s not to like

Mabel thought I needed directions to her pop up restaurant

Mabel and I are together for 2 weeks.

Popped to Great Yarmouth for a couple of days. First day, cloudy but nevertheless went to beach. Ice cream of course and toes in the sea.

Quite a weekend. Friday afternoon Caitlin, Ava and Oscar arrive. Park then best ice cream in town. Conor arrives in the evening, we sit in the kitchen, drink, talk meaningfully (bollocks) till late.

Saturday, Mabel back from holiday, Tilly comes over. Complete. Lunch in Percio.

Presented with birthday cake. Happy birthday to me!

Everyone heads back home. Leaving Conor and me. Slow pub crawl, have to prepare for Euro Cup final tomorrow.

Well, kick off at 8, best to reserve seats at 1pm. Calculate, 1 beer per hour, 6 pints before kick off, be fine….hmmm. Obviously didn’t quite work that way.

Result shit, but damn fine day and evening.

Decide that Dom would be perfect company for Standon Calling.

Mabel’s first sports day. Cold but first girl in obstacle race.

Today I have moved in to 6A South Street. Seems The Bears time as a couple has come to an end. Our age difference has become “a thing”. Different headspace and all that. Alice is not happy and prepared to carry on as just best friends, I can’t give her what she needs. Emotionally, physically. To get from Alice stating she can’t carry on as we are to acceptance of that has been a journey. Time together in the house, evenings talking, hugs and tears before I leave.

We remain friends. A more amicable separation you couldn’t imagine. Maybe that proves something. Not sure that is a good something or not a good something.

It will turn in to something else though.

How is it? Hired van, filled, drove to flat. Alice follows and helps me unload. Of course then suggests where everything should go….😆