Substack diary no.149: Sunday, 10th. May 2026
It is very sunny and pleasantly warm in my part of Devon today. After a week of almost no breeze it is decidedly boisterous this morning and, unless my senses deceive me, the breeze seems to be slowly increasing in strength as time progresses. Not windy enough to stop me donning my straw hat if I venture outside, a purchase I made only two years ago after a series of operations to remove basal cell carcinoma from my face. That was fun. Not.
The lesson learned, almost certainly too late to be of any service, is wear a hat with a brim when out in the sun. The shade afforded may be less than ideal but certainly better than no hat at all. I do not wish to go through any more cutting or stitching or plastic surgery, but I suspect it may be unavoidable. As it happens we have an excellent skin cancer team here in south Devon, led by a very nice man originally from Mauritius. Now there’s a place I would love to visit. It will never happen of course, but I can hold onto the thought for a while.
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Colin Anderson 