But most of all he was a creature of habit. At weekends in particularyou could have set your watch by him. Every Saturday morning at half-past nine he...d change his cardigan for a sports jacket, climb into hismaroon Morris Minor and drive the short distance to the 'fish house' onMiddleton Quay. By the time he returned, mum would be ready to accompanyhim on the weekly trip to the new Hintons at Portrack on the edge ofStockton-on-Tees. They'd be back just as Grandstand was about to begin,meaning. [Name Redacted] was her usual taciturn self. She steadfastly refusedto give away anything that might affect the study. She *was* able to tellme that my HRT regimen is a proprietary blend that isn't widely availableyet, which may be why my results are so atypical based on what I've beenable to glean from my research. She also reminded me that there is afifty percent chance that I'm in the control group, so there's no way toknow if any effects are the result of the experimental treatment. If. They finally got me settled down enough to get me to move out of the way so they could unload.I then got my next surprise. The only human crew on board where Hail, Dazzle, Tom and the cook, Ben. There had been two other members, but they had gotten off the ship as fast as I got on it.When I asked, why they got off without helping unload, Hail informed me they hadn’t had a pleasant time in Ochre City. He had learnt that people with bad intentions were not welcome in that city.Apparently, while. We sit on a concrete block, I take off my shoes, you lie back, I spread out my jacket and sit cross legged looking at you. ‘What?’ You ask. Your hand lifts my dress and you peek underneath. I glare, you lower it again. OK it’s not touching as such but it’s against the spirit of the rule. You close your eyes and slide your hand up my leg. What happened to no touching? I ask you this and you move your hand away, I want it back, damn you! You tell me you need to leave in 15 minutes and until then.