Sunday 21st October 2001 – 10.45am
Low tide and west-northwest wind. Odd seabirds and seagulls scour the bank, food tracking. The gull chicks are still brown and tawny, but their colour fading now into white. They are now large enough to be as intimidating as their parents are. Black Combe is topped by cloud, but its green and brown sides stand out clearly, the largest blocks of colour in the day. Traffic is building but otherwise all is still and unruffled.