I filmed this on my Kodak EasyShare C340 camera on a grey and blustery but pleasant day earlier this week. The place looks different again in summer, and with a different quality of light. In the summer, when the beach is plastered with sun-worshippers, or when the marina is in use for various watersports, there's another atmosphere altogether. But I like the place when it's nearly deserted... Anyway, the video shows one of the locations from Rowan: An Artisan-Sorcerer Story, and it pans round to show Little Eye, Middle Eye and Hilbre Island which feature in several of my stories. I don't suppose it really matters if a reader can view real-life footage of a place used in fiction but it can be fun all the same. And besides, I enjoy tinkering with my camera. Meet Alice! She's the newest addition to my small collection of dolls. She was made by Pedigree sometime in the 1950's, which means she's classed as vintage rather than as an antique. Her litt