Beside the seaside (248/365)

[white_hart]

It turns out that although the village we're staying in is on the coast, and there is a lovely sandy beach, it's not that easy to get to as this is an area of serious coastal erosion and the roads that used to go to the beach now just end in ragged cliffs. There is a path down from the local ice-cream parlour, though, which leads along a valley to a gap in the cliffs where it's just a step down onto the beach.

I walked there yesterday, when the sea was grey.



And again today, when it was blue.



I had been planning to try swimming, but it would have been a long walk with my swimming kits, and as a freshwater swimmer I was a bit daunted by the waves; it looked like a long way to get out past the breakers, and a long way back in again, and in the end I settled for taking my boots and socks off and paddling instead.



(The ice-cream parlour was also very good.)

Comments

[angelofthenorth]

Are you in Holderness by any chance? (I grew up not far from there)

[cmcmck]

Nice!

Our nearest coastline is Wales and hasn't been the best of times to be visiting. :o(

[sfred]

Lovely!

[anna_wing]

Just thinking about swimming in the sea around the UK makes me shudder slightly, so you are a brave person to even contemplate the possibility....

[alithea]

The North Sea is a bit full on, I'm not a big fan of waves either!

[lnr]

I do like a paddle, and will always do so if at the sea. It doesn't take much to tempt me to swim either, though the breakers can be a bit of a nuisance they're not that bad. But I wouldn't swim unless there are other people on the beach with me, just in case.