I started my life in Essex, and moved via Berkshire to Devon, where I’ve now lived more than half my life. I’m very settled here, but have just returned from a trip to see a friend in Pakefield, which is close to the most easterly point in England.…
Tag: beachcombing
Like yesterday, today began dull and misty, the low cloud blowing from the sea, and the oat fields shading from dusty golden yellow to grey as they vanished into the distance. Spattering mizzle (mist and drizzle combined) released a long-forgotten scent of damp vegetation, after months of dry…
As beachcombing visitors to Lyme Regis will already know, the east beach there is a fertile source of industrial and domestic debris. I’m a confirmed rustaholic and collector of unconsidered trifles, so it’s one of my favourite coastal destinations! From Victorian times until the 1970s, land east of…
As well as being the title of an evocative novel by US author Anita Shreve, sea glass is a favourite amongst the beachcombing fraternity. Don’t think broken bottles lobbed onto the beach by drunks, but instead, imagine small frosted nuggets in many colours, transformed by the tumbling action…
Every year, I post an image a day for the Advent period for my friends and followers on Facebook. This year, most of my images are beach related as that’s my favourite haunt in my spare time, but I hope to include some of my favourite rusty artwork…
As the winter season progresses, we are now on ‘D’ for Diana in our new fad for naming storms. She passed through over a couple of days bringing wind, waves and wrack aplenty. I managed to get to my favourite beach at the tail end, to be rewarded…
Whenever I visit East Beach in Lyme Regis, I am always tempted to pick up bits of pottery, glass and metal from the town dump. As a result, I now have kilos of the stuff piled in the office, and although I have plans to use it, I’m…
February was a poor month for photos (dreadful weather and lots of commitments), but I did find another planet for my planetary series on the beach at Lyme Regis. (Mimas is a moon of Saturn which has a very large crater named after the astronomer William Herschel, who discovered…
This year, a beach-themed advent calendar. As I spend a lot of time at the edge of the sea, this was a natural collection.