She packed. Coffee in a flask plus favourite mug, notebooks (one posh Moleskine, but plenty of cheap: no notebook was going to intimidate), a rug to sit on, a rug to wrap around her, an umbrella for rain. Bag of pencils from HB to 5B. Heck, she loved a soft pencil. A red crayon for instant authority. Apples, actually Russet apples. A few dates (pitted). Binoculars as the birds were definitely poised to move south. A cheese sandwich. A phone fully charged but fully off. Her favourite scarf. Wooah: who couldn’t love a totally free do-what-you-like Saturday on the sea-shore.