Beach Blues
I haven't enhanced the colour in these photos, it was simply a gorgeous azure blue day at our beach and some parts of the sky were just vivid. It''s hard to believe that the North Sea, so grey and forbidding and at times fiercely turbulent in winter (only the latter keeps the year-round surfers away bar the odd nutter) could be so calm and saturated and beautiful. But will it last? Ha! This is the north east of England!
The beach was tiny at high tide when we arrived after 11 am and three hours later it had tripled in size when the tide was moving out, and it was getting very busy. It's still never as crazy as those Florida beaches where you couldn't fit a hand between the umbrellas. It's the beach that cures my homesickness.
The North Sea may be freezing but it's clean and crystal clear! I'll take that over warm and dirty any day (I'm talking to you, Lake Ontario and Lake Erie, where I swam when I was younger before they were deemed too disgusting and dangerous for humans). Yes, this will do just fine. Hmm...on second thought, apologies to the aforementioned Great Lakes, it's not really your fault, is it?
Gorgeous photos, darling!
xoxox,
CC
Posted by: Couture Carrie | May 22, 2010 at 05:51 PM
That's England?! It looks like the Riviera or something. Really gorgeous.
Posted by: kim | May 23, 2010 at 02:06 AM
wow...so so blue...so so inviting...sigh...i'm so in need of vacation...
Posted by: elena daciuk | May 23, 2010 at 02:31 AM
Being from Ohio, I feel your pain. I have not swam in those lakes, but I also refuse to eat anything that comes out of those lakes. Blech.
Beautiful pictures. So jealous!
Posted by: Lawgirl | May 23, 2010 at 04:11 PM
Sooooo jealous.
Posted by: WendyB | May 24, 2010 at 04:44 AM