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Low life

We could swear and spit, strangle and shoot people

But because of health & safety we weren’t allowed to run

9 May 2015

9:00 AM

9 May 2015

9:00 AM

The old fishing town faced the sea psychically as well as architecturally. Dressed as pirates, my grandson and I walked down through the steep and narrow streets to the quayside, where we found other pirates. It was still early and there weren’t yet the solid crowds of pirates we were hoping to see.

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