Camera's on the blink

Sorry, everyone. No age-defying outfit photo, I'm afraid. My camera appears to have given up the ghost. I've no-one to blame but myself. I made the mistake of taking it onto a very sandy beach last summer. It's worked occasionally over the last months. I usually put rechargeable batteries in it and had thought the batteries were coming to the end of their natural life so we bought some more. The camera still didn't seem to work for long and John said maybe the problem was the recharger. So to check I tried the camera with ordinary AA Duracells, still no luck. It looks as though I'll have to invest in a new camera. So until that time, my hippy chick look will have to stay in the imagination!