No.

I mean, I think people do remember these experiences.

So here is Filey.

Filey is, for me, the most numinous place on Earth.

It was once a little fishing village and is now a small seaside resort a few miles south of Scarborough and north of Bridlington.

The fishermen still go out to fish, but their haul today consists mainly of crabs and lobsters, not the codling and haddock and whiting we used to catch and eat for our high tea.

My childhood memories of Filey, reinforced by rare visits in adult life, have a peculiar intensity, for this is a place that imprints itself deeply in the heart's affections.

[laughs]

Did

you buy a house there ever? No, we had a timeshare.

I mean, the first time we went, we stayed in a hotel, which was very luxurious.

I mean, it was a mass hotel.

But the food was excellent and it was on the beach and what's not to like? It was very, very nice.

But we did eventually go to all the islands.

Lanzarote and Fuerteventura are kind of volcanic and sandy.

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