Good food, good views, good company

A hello and goodbye from our columnist

- WENDY PRATT

This month I have emerged from my cocoon and begun venturing to pubs, restaurants and shops. It’s still a bit weird. There are still queues and masks and hand sanitiser; perhaps this is the way it will be now. But there is also good food, napkins and sparkling cutlery, tasteful décor and the hum of happy conversation.

This month I felt brave enough to head into Scarborough, which is currently full to the brim of tourists making the most of their last days of holiday season. I caught a bus, and realised I’d not been on one for months. And what joy! A bus full of folk coming into the town from the camp sites, a bus full of children bubbling with excitement and sun burnt grown-ups carrying buckets and spades and picnics.