My day at the seaside yesterday....

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hollydolly

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Since we've had the best part of 14 months of lockdown, and hardly anyone working, this small coastal resort nearest to us is unfortunately needing a lot of TLC..before the height of the tourist season starts for day trippers.

It's still not full opened.. the fairground on the seafront which is the biggest attraction is still locked down, but because we only re-opend partially as a country last Monday , surprisingly there was many people down there despite it being a week-day and not a weekend , not on the beach, because although sunny it had a cold breeze, and many people wore coats ( not me)... but off the front, and in the high street and parks it was hot enough to get reddened by the sun as hubs did.. ( I've always got sun factor lotion on so it didn't get me)...

Here the 'sea'is an Estuary..in this case the River Thames, so it's not an ocean ( an Estuary is a River which meets a sea..making Brackish water) .. and most of the time we were there yesterday the tide was out ( lots of fishing here mainly for shellfish )

The pier is the longest pleasure pier in the world..at a mile and a quarter and there is a train to take you from one end to the other...or you can choose to walk

Anyway here's a few photos of the many I took yesterday, of my first day near the sea in 2 years ...
 

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The cold wind off the water would likely have kept even more away. All the better for you to wander about.
 
So are you next to an ocean or is that just a river? Usually isn't anything out in the open by water more breezy? The pictures are lovely. Thanks for sharing.
 
Well it always seems breezier out in the open and around water. I'm sure it's more pleasant in the summer. I like that Never Never land thing. That's cute.
 
MarciKS said:
Well it always seems breezier out in the open and around water. I'm sure it's more pleasant in the summer. I like that Never Never land thing. That's cute.
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It's not usually a windy coast in the summer being South...the East coast have the breezier resorts.. but we're still only in April, and as I said inland..like here today in my garden it's really warm.. šŸ˜Ž
 
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I'm honestly glad you enjoyed your visit to the seaside.
I realize I'm different but I find the ruination of coastal areas by people very disturbing. Give me the pure and beautiful seaside anytime.:cool:
 
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