Beside The Seaside
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
As well as local outings, I managed to get to visit the seaside during June. Firstly, I went to Whitstable on the north Kent coast. I last went a few years ago and it poured with rain. This time around, it was sunny, but there was plenty of wind.
The beach is stony, and there is the odd boat pulled up on the shingle. This one looked rather sad sitting there on its own.
The tides are strong in the area, and so the groynes are substantial and held together with large bolts. You can see there is quite a difference in the level of the shingle from one side to the other.
Despite the harsh conditions, there are still splashes of colour in the front gardens facing the sea. Homeowners have troughs filled with hardy plants which don’t mind the salt atmosphere.
I liked this garden on the sea front. The yellow poppies stood out really well from the grey clapboard of the house. And the plaited rope wound around the railings.
A final walk along the prom and I found a colourful mural on the side of a beach hut:
This is another picture of the kite surfer making use of the free wind power, a slightly different than the one I used for Day #171.
At the end of June I went to visit the newly build beach huts on West Mersea. I had heard they wre worth a look, and wasn’t disappointed by their pastel shades and neat presentation. Here is a selection of those which nearly made it on Day #182.
Tags: beach, beach huts, boat, essex, kent, kite surfer, seaside, west mersea, whitstable