Ella's turn

Here you are: the local newspaper's article about Ella and me finding pumice on the beach. Please can I reassure you that the overly-dramatic opening sentence is entirely the invention of the journalist concerned! Yes, Ella did take her pumice into class for her 'news' session last week, but it wasn't quite as dramatic as presented here. But she had fun doing it: Trevor, the photographer, is a nice man and they had a laugh on the beach trying to make small pieces of brown rock look interesting.

I can also reassure you that I haven't - to quote Patrick - been "pimping" my daughter to the media! This isn't the rocky road to beauty pageants and earning a small fortune in advertising...

By the way, you should be able to click on the images and bring up a larger version of the picture which should enable you to read the purple prose. Ditto for the article about me, below.