It was a beautiful autumn day today. Mooched around the house for most of the day and then went for a walk on the beach about an hour before sunset. Afterwards, I was sitting quietly on the sand, admiring the wonders of nature, watching the sun go down, minding my own business, and having a quiet beer, when some bloke comes up to me to inform me it’s against the law to drink alcohol on the beach. OK. What would Susan do? So I thought, don’t avoid this confrontation, meet it head on, so I calmly told the intruder I know it is, but I’m not doing anyone any harm and, anyway, what about that cigarette he just put out and the butt he flicked onto the sand? He had no answer for that and walked off mumbling, leaving me feeling quite smug and not at all bothered. Good one.