As far as I know, no one is planning to build an office block two feet away from the windows of my new flat.
In my last brief blog note I mentioned that I was moving. What I didn’t say was that I was moving 5,000 miles away to the east coast of England. After 11 years in China, I am now back for the forseeable future. This means that my About page is now not only highly uninformative, it is also untrue. One day I’ll get around to changing it. And one day my gravestone will be carved with the words: “He didn’t.”
A proper explanation for this rather big change may or may not be forthcoming. What effect will it have on Black and White Cat? Will it stop being about China and become an England blog. I hope not, but to be honest, I have no idea.
One thing I really must do now is apologize (at some point I will probably revert to British spelling, but not yet) to those who keep coming back to see if I’ve written anything new, only to find the same damned picture of a window. Sorry. Something will be coming soon. Well, soon-ish. Some time before Christmas.
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Is that Southwold? I’m from Suffolk and lived in Shanghai until June. I’m not back in England, but seeing that photo makes me miss weekends visiting my Grandmother, by the sea.
Good luck with your return. I really enjoyed reading your thoughts on China. I look forward to whatever direction you take now.
John
Good luck, Rob. Make the most of the view.
I look forward to whatever comes next.
Oh, how lovely. Stone walls on old houses, a clear sky, and the sea.
I lived in England once, for 6 months. People told me I was crazy to have gone during the winter months. (I was there October to March). But I loved it so much.
Much luck on your new home.
Thanks everyone for the good wishes. No, John, it’s not Souhwold but you’re on the right track. It’s Hunstanton in north Norfolk, so still East Anglia.
I thought you’d like the picture, Joyce, since you had expressed such great concern in the previous post. You’ll be glad to know that my living room has three floor-to-ceiling double windows like this one and, although the photograph doesn’t show it, the flat has plenty of light.
It looks like the sort of room in which a great novel will be written.
Good luck, and no regrets.
Lovely, lovely photo. Good luck to you and plase keep posting.
The view is better, the light is better and I hope every thing else in your life will be better, too.
Hope the cats are well.
Looking forward to something new before Christmas. Jane
What a lovely view! China’s not the right place for good, honest men like ourselves anyway. Does this mean you’re dressing in hounds-tooth hunting coats and khakis now?
Hi Rob,
Looks like a pleasant view. A book might emerge from the computer presumably ensconced in the vicinity of that window?
Bests
Jay
I live in Shanghai but grew up in Lowestoft, so it warms my heart to see that particular leaden grey of the English channel. Hope you enjoy a great new year. Please keep writing about China!
Great view and incredibly tidy desk.
Came here for the first time in a while and saw the photo, to be honest I had not even known you were British, but one look and I knew it was England - not just the side of the rode that the car is driving on, but the certain shades of light and colour which I have only ever seen there. Good luck in Blighty, I know that there is no such thing as a permanent ‘re-pat’, just as there is rarely such a thing as a permanent ‘expat’, but I hope that when you do go back overseas it is at a time of your choosing and not a moment before!
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