I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky.
Ah; Summer. Tis the season when we're so happy to live by the sea. To walk along the sea's edge, let the cooling water splash over our bared feet, and enjoy the peace and quiet of a sunny summer's day.
The only problem is that as soon as the temperature rises above 20 C, and they have a day off, half of London thinks the same thing, and they flock down to the coast in their bloody thousands. (Do enlarge photo)
Our very central home runs parallel to the main street from the station to the sea, and even though there are hoards of sun-worshippers heading for the beach with their sun hats and multi-coloured towels; we see none of them. Miraculously our little street remains very quiet and un-sullied.
We stay at home and walk the dog. The 'Rest Garden' is usually very peaceful and I sit with Billy in the shade of a big tree, and let all those tourists eat thir ice-creams, and roast themselves, on the over-crowded beach.
Oh, I do love to be beside the seaside.....
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You are missing a trick Crozier. "Traditional Sussex Cream Teas and Burgers in a Seaside Cottage" with a big arrow pointing day trippers to Chez Magnon. You would make a bomb.
Come and give me a hand. You could do the Fish-n-Chips, and I'll do the Ice Creams.
I'll be down there in a jiffy.
Whenever I see a beach like that I want to run for the hills! My local beach, about 5 mins by car down hill all the way, is neatly laid out with sunbeds and umbrellas but then the "masses" come to fill in the spaces inbetween! Once the holiday season kicks off I don't go near the sea.
Coppa's Girl
Maybe it would be a good day to see London?
Like you we avoid the beaches on sunny days and bank holidays, Southsea was heaving, and the roads were gridlocked heading for Bournemouth.
Can never understand why we Brits love to sit out on a packed out beach with nowhere to move. It seems to be an English tradition. I suppose places like Brighton and Bournemouth have just the one long beach, so there's no escape.
And that's the magic of Cornwall where their coastal towns have many separate beaches and hidden coves to escape to.
Our beach is pretty empty, even in the hot weather ... not that we get much of that!
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