Happy New Year

The New Year has gotten off to a frosty start, brr. It was crispy under foot this morning - makes a change to the rain and snow of recent days.

New Year's Resolutions will be as follows, in no particular order:

1) Reduce the amount of sugar taken in tea (by half a spoon a week so, theoretically by the beginning of February tea should be sugar free...)

2) Don't move house again!

3) Pick up where I left of with finding the ancestors.

4) Cook a different recipe every weekend (leftover for lunch on Monday...?)

5) Restrict the consumption of coffee to a Saturday morning - psychological or not it keeps me awake!

Can't think of anything else at the minute.

Moving house. Again.

Above - my room.

Above - my room - note the back to front clock.

Above - my room.

Above - the view as you step out of my room - stairs up to attic and bathroom straight ahead.

Above - coming down the stairs.

Above - the hallway and cat Chino.

Above - the kitchen.

Above - from the kitchen into the hallway.

Above - the lounge.

Above - the lounge and cat Chino again. Look at the tree!

Above - the bathroom - by far the largest room in the house. Excuse the toilet lid, very anti Feng Shui.

Above - a bit more bathroom.

Above - even more bathroom. I said it was big.

Shoreham-by-Sea

Above - Shoreham-by-Sea.

Above - The beach is pretty much the same in Shoreham as it is in Brighton - pebbles!

Above - Shoreham-by-Sea.

Above - Shoreham's Old Fort built in 1857.

Above - The Marlipins (Museum) - a 12th century building on the High Street.

I went to Shoreham-by-Sea on Tuesday. It's about 6 miles west along the coast from Brighton. What can I say? It's small, very small. There are a few shops on the High Street, there's a church and there's the sea and well, that's Shoreham!

Pooch

Above - William outside the back door.

Above - William was looking past the camera, at a tennis ball - ooh the bribery!

Above - William.

A beautiful sunset

Needless to say this is not a Brightonian sunset. No where in the city can you see such an expanse of sky without a building creeping in. This is a Salopian sunset. And a very beautiful one at that.

Another Accommodation

Above - My new view - not quite up to previous standards.

Above - The bathroom.

Above - My room.

Above - The kitchen.

Above - The other side of the kitchen.

Above - From the outside.

Above - The lounge.

Above - My room.

Here is my new accommodation. Although the view isn't quite what I'm used to and I do seem to have traded my sea view in for one of a carpark the house itself is actually quite nice. There is a kitchen, lounge, dining area, bathroom and second toilet and four bedrooms. So I share with three other people - Silvia, Marylena and Dan. Silvia is Italian - she came to England to study at university and decided to stay. She's 28 and currently working for Kimberley Clarke. Marylena is here studying English as a foreign language, I'd say she was lower intermediate. Dan is 24 and works for American Express, he's doing a degree in Social Science part time through the Open University.

I quite like it here. It's clean. It's organised - we have made a cleaning rota and have a kitty for toilet paper and washing up liquid. All is good so far.

Giving this post a title however has posed the question: Is 'accommodation' a count or non count noun? There seems to be no clear cut answer. I guess it depends on the individual - do you find the title of this post awkward? And, interestingly, when I was coming to Brighton by train today I heard the security announcement warning against leaving items of luggage unattented "in the train or on the station". I question the use of prepositions here - although it's logical to say 'in the train' would we actually say 'I'm in the train at the moment'? and 'I'm on the station at the moment'? Surely they've got this the wrong way round?!!

Busy Brighton

The hottest day of the year so far saw swarms of people take to Brighton's Beach. I don't think I've ever seen it so busy.