I do like to be beside the .....

Have just come back from a few days away.

Really needed a break after the craziest week ever, which had every moment filled up in the diary, plus having to submit all the manuscripts for the new Razzamajazz books one and two.

It was a great to see them go, but I did have the usual migraine to celebrate their departure.

The weather wasn't great when we were away, but the break turned from monochrome into technicolour yesterday when the sun came out!.

The high spot of the holiday was playing "I do like to be beside the seaside " on the Shanklin Xylophone. An inspired bit of "Art" attached onto the railings that you play with a beater as you walk along. Its in tune too, and has all the beats filled so you get a perfect performance if you play in time. (The girls got a clap after they played theirs).

Click on the photo to see the xylophone in greater detail.