Today's poet

[Hes]

My magazine's not arrived yet

I might phone in sick tomorrow to wait for it

Ha ha! Like it DT.

[Harry H Howgill]

I have been beach combing and then on an archaeological walk along coast path...had to resist running about like a collie as the average age of my companions was 65 and they were a sedate bunch as opposed to our veteran fell runners. It was good, very interesting and nice to meet mum's friends.

What a wonderful way to spend your day. I know exactly what you mean about running about like a collie. That is often me.

A tad cheeky calling it an archaeological walk though. They aren't THAT old!

[Derby Tup]

Being from the Midlands I've always seen the seaside as a magical place and love pottering about on beaches, cliffs, birdwatching, eating ice-creams etc etc

[Hes]

Being from the Midlands I've always seen the seaside as a magical place and love pottering about on beaches, cliffs, birdwatching, eating ice-creams etc etc

...chips in their paper on the quay, rockpooling, fossil hunting, seal watching, swimming, surfing, diving, sailing...I could go on for ever...I promise I won't.

[Harry H Howgill]

Being from the Midlands I've always seen the seaside as a magical place and love pottering about on beaches, cliffs, birdwatching, eating ice-creams etc etc

Me too. I even have fond memories of visiting Skegness in mid winter, it being too blooming cold to stay on the beach for more than 5 minutes due to the gale force winds and the sea being too far out to even see it!

[Hes]

went to a gallery in Newlyn and found a book of Charles Causley's poems in the cafe. I read a wonderful one called Leonardo...wish I could post it but can't find it on the web,

[Hes]

Me too. I even have fond memories of visiting Skegness in mid winter, it being too blooming cold to stay on the beach for more than 5 minutes due to the gale force winds and the sea being too far out to even see it!

ha ha...sounds like my family holidays...cornish pasties in the rain (pre-veggie days), thermos cups of coffee steaming up the windscreen and my sister refusing to leave the car to go for a walk, the wind getting up and mum and dad running back in a panic expecting to find the car and her blown off the cliff. Happy days!

[Derby Tup]

Me too. I even have fond memories of visiting Skegness in mid winter, it being too blooming cold to stay on the beach for more than 5 minutes due to the gale force winds and the sea being too far out to even see it!

You need good eyesight to see the sea at low-tide in Skegness

[Harry H Howgill]

...chips in their paper on the quay, rockpooling, fossil hunting, seal watching, swimming, surfing, diving, sailing...I could go on for ever...I promise I won't.

Do carry on. It is making me look forward to my hols even more. Then there is crabbing, seeing the lighthouse at night, touching sea anemones so they stick to your finger. Can't wait.

[Harry H Howgill]

ha ha...sounds like my family holidays...cornish pasties in the rain (pre-veggie days), thermos cups of coffee steaming up the windscreen and my sister refusing to leave the car to go for a walk, the wind getting up and mum and dad running back in a panic expecting to find the car and her blown off the cliff. Happy days!

That does sound familiar. Dad never let the weather get in the way of getting to the beach even if we did have to have all the winter woolies on. Those were the days!