They’re stripping the sunshades from the promenade pier, the traffic lights have been switched off and the price of oranges has started to drop. The ever-speculative house letting signs have re-sprouted outside homes, whilst the seasonal autoservicios have blanked their windows in fresh newsprint,     and the boutiques are now offering a 50% discount on leather jackets. 

Easter was yesterday, decay is today. The End of Season is sudden. Now is the season of make and repair. Those cobbled monoblocks that had rattled each time we left the supermarket have been lifted, and might be relaid sometime soon. 

*Note from The Navigator: Yes, we’ve been home in Scotland for a little while, but there’s been a few posts pending editing and completion – they’ll appear over the next couple of days.