The Pull of the Sea

To walk from door to door in Hove is always an interesting and edifying experience. People have a passion for the town in which they have chosen to live. Several times, I have been told about their previously living inland and being acutely aware that the sea is far away. I mentioned that I always sense that when visiting the Midlands. Lawrence had relished the countryside around him as a child - but for much of his life and travels he enjoyed being by the sea (even if wartime Cornwall was far from peaceful).