Cold in Croatia, lively up in the Gods.

The coast of Croatia is beautiful, bundled up in lots of clothing and sitting in the sun, I go read and relax, but at night boy is it cold. I am out here dog sitting and learning what it might be like to live here out of season. I do not know which is colder my study or this one. It is though still lovely to be here and to potter along with the dog, grab a coffee and potter back again and I have caught the sun. Sadly my phone camera is even worse than ever after a brush with a yoghurt pot and thinking I could not do further damage to the phone I had stupidly declined accidental damage on my insurance.

It is just over a week since a terrible earthquake in Turkey and Syria. I remember many years ago, the last major one, as some of my students had family caught up in them. At the time there was anger that the buildings had not been built properly and that was what had caused so many deaths, and yet apparently after this the builders were allowed to buy dispensation for the problem rather than fixing them. This would be similar to the British Government allowing illegal cladding to remain if the builders paid to be permitted. In the Grenfell disaster lots of people have blood on their hands. In Turkey and Syria over 45000 have died most unnecessarily. It will be interesting to see if anyone (especially those at the top) will be topled as a result. The cost of living crisis has affected so many in the UK but that has not stop many donating genourously to the fund, which would not have been needed, had the Government in Turkey insisted on proper building standards. However, most places that I go to seem busy and full of life. The theatre to see the performance of Sylvia for example was rammed to see Beverley Knight reprise her role as Mrs. Pankhurst. The price of the tickets was very low up in the Gods, my coffee and organic almond croissant almost cost as much, and at present theatre if you are prepared to sit high up is very good value, but eating out is getting very expensive even in modest restaurants.

I have been in touch with the King's Bench as Mr B seems to be happy to spend "his" money taking legal action, I am not sure what it means for me.