Dot with Julia and Dave on the dunes at Horsey, shortly after our encounter with the obnoxious dune walker, who wanted to get everyone off the beach. Later immortalised at www.back2sq1.co.uk/articles/edp/342.htm. This was a new year walk on January 2.

At last won a decent game of chess tonight against Jim McAvoy. Here it is:

1 c4 f5 2 g3 Nf6 3 Bg2 e6 4 Nf3 c6 5 0-0 d5 6 d3 Bd6 7 Nc3 0-0 8 Qc2 Nbd7 9 e4 dc 10 dc Ne5 11 Rd1 Nxf3+ 12 Bxf3 Qc7 13 Qd3 Be7 14 Be3 Rd8 15 Qe2 e5 16 Rxd8+ Bxd8 17 Re1 (!) f4 18 gf ef 19 Bd4 Bh3 20 e5 Ne8 21 Bg4 (Be4 may be even better) Bxg4 22 Qxg4 Qf7 23 Re4 g5 24 e6 Qg6 25 e7 Ba5 26 Re6 1-0