Reading: a tiramessy picnic featuring me! Wamgirlx

A Tear a Messy Picnic

It was mid-September, but the sun was still hot enough to make Alison and Neil

grateful for the shade of a tree for their picnic. Neil insisted on spreading the picnic blanket

and setting out the things himself, so that Alison could meanwhile paddle in the glittering shallows

of the estuary, the other side of the grassy path. They both had a day off work and the path,