Sand shoes

Warm and sunny on the beach here today. First Monday of the school holidays. Dental visits before lunch. Catch up calls and mails post off grid camping trip. Voluntary shift in HMP Edinburgh this evening. The Royal Standard was fluttering above the Palace of Holyrood as I drove home. I had two contrasting thoughts : “detained at Her Majesty’s pleasure” and only those aged over 70 will remember her father George VI as King.