Curious Neighbours

Dan lives in a nicely secluded house by the sea, somewhere on the south coast of England. In his early thirties he runs his mail order company MOG from home, happy to be enjoying himself after a number of years slogging away in the city. He's no gym bunny, but was fortunate to be born with a good overall physique, broad shoulders and a good bum.

Once a month or so he travels off to different parts of the world to talk to suppliers and look at ways to expand his catalogue. Occasionally a delivery will come in while he's away but Ed the postman knows the drill and asks one of his neighbours to sign for it and then bring it over when they know he's back.

Five minutes to the west is a pretty impressive beach house, its owner Isabel Walters is in her mid thirties and a widow, her husband died the year before in a tragic sailing accident in the Carribean. They lived in London, but Belle decided to move full time to the sea about a month ago.

Five minutes to the east live the Peacock family. Dad Jim is a high flying financier and stays in London Monday to Friday before joining his wife Cathy on the coast for the weekend. Just back for the summer is 18yr old daughter Rachel, fresh from completing school at St Dunstens, a strict catholic school and elder sister Crissy, back from a somewhat hedonistic first year studying French and Spanish at Newcastle University.