I love the mood you create in this scene. Your use of language transports the reader right into the story. I can see the sea and hear it as it drags the ruined car away.

I think I’ve been to that bar…

Beautifully crafted.

How kind, ethelthefrog – thanks.

I like it, especially how the semi-real sense of the hotel and the discordance in the pub all carry forward this sense of being split and only semi-there, culminating in his surprise at seeing himself. Worked quite well.

I just enjoy the way you write dear sir.