One more hot toddy for the road

Have I finally shaken off the coughing and spluttering? I think maybe I have

“You’re just showing off now,” said a woman as I quick-stepped past her up the side of the cliff she was having trouble hiking up. A fresh sea breeze billowed around me, the air as crisp as foil, the sky a deep blue, the rocks far below cutting into the sea on either side of a deserted sandy cove.

“Ah, but what a day,” I replied, smiling.

After weeks of c…