Tag: beach
Solstice at the beach.
I thought Solstice was yesterday. (In my defence, it’s often on the 21st. Except when it’s not, like this year. Solstice is the moment the sun reaches its most southerly position, which was 4.49 am or some such, so this morning’s sunrise was the one to watch.) Shame, because yesterday’s was better. https://www.instagram.com/p/_jIxHvtp4L/ This morning…
Sun dogs and sandcastles
I hate clock change time. I’m not good with sudden change, and this time of the year it seems to just pile up – one minute it’s summer (beginning of this month we were on the beach in T shirts), next it’s practically winter – it was 2 degrees this morning. 2! Best way to…
Look down as well as up
Lesson of the day – look down as well as up. No sunrise visible today – heavy cloud cover and drizzly rain. I spent a while on the beach trying (and failing) to take artful pictures of spray – got my feet wet twice in the process. Decided I’d walk around the point to…
Saturday snippets 18 April 2015
{watching} swimming rather than a film. Not that I could see all that much of the swimming from my corner seat in the cafe. But it was enough to be there I hope. (Big reminded me that the first time she did Swimathon, 4 years ago, I cried.) {reading} Summer Secrets, the new Jane Green.…
Playmobil Easter Eggs
It can hardly have escaped your notice that Easter is fast approaching. My children were lucky enough to get their first Easter eggs a little early. They were Playmobil Easter Eggs. Aren’t they just wonderful? They come in a cardboard sleeve, so minimal excess packaging, and then the plastic egg case is a useful storage…
Mobs at the beach and litter louts.
The first mob we saw was made up of seagulls. I’m not sure what had got them so excited, but they were loud about it. I like the sound, these days it reminds me of home. The second little group weren’t nearly as friendly. We were walking along the prom towards a group maybe in…
Just in case we have a summer – reviewing UV sunsuits from the Beach Factory
way way back, lost in the mists of time, I took Big and Small, when they really were Big and Small, camping, to Hesfes in May. I packed wellies, blankets and sun suits – I don’t like slathering children in chemicals, I’d far rather go for clothing based protection. Turned out we needed the blankets…
