tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post6823815522986192455..comments2024-03-02T21:39:54.633+00:00Comments on Outcries & Asides Revisited: Eschewing the Beach Brigade.JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16069822009799120415noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-80062457620213791362016-06-07T18:49:59.002+01:002016-06-07T18:49:59.002+01:00Now I'm wondering whether we have such rule or...Now I'm wondering whether we have such rule or bye-law on British beaches. I haven't been to one in a long time. I suppose it does make a certain sense if it's a busy beach with lots of kids around. But does the same rule apply to public parks?<br /><br />And I must admit, I prefer my beaches warm and desolate.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069822009799120415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-67991099487180957812016-06-07T01:57:51.816+01:002016-06-07T01:57:51.816+01:00After 6 in the peak season, with some exceptions. ...After 6 in the peak season, with some exceptions. My favorite trips were in the off seasons, though. The beaches are cold and desolate.Madelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506747179368082399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-51482594752757750522016-06-06T23:37:33.694+01:002016-06-06T23:37:33.694+01:00Ah, so now I know why you want to live in Iceland....Ah, so now I know why you want to live in Iceland.<br /><br />I could have talked about the coast of Pembrokeshire instead. It's much more spectacular than Northumberland - no sand dunes, but lots of cliffs with paths where thrift grows in profusion, In May the clifftop path looks like a cottage garden. And you get to hear adders scurrying away into the undergrowth just before you reach them, and you can see lots of islands where monks used to live, and pristine gulls come and share your lunch and pose enthusiastically for photographs, and things like that...<br /><br />I'm sure I would love Maine. It's only a short boat ride to Canada from there. (Only kidding.) The sea is much more characterful when it's on the edge of a deep ocean, so the awareness of being on the cusp of an environment in which you can survive and one in which you couldn't is more profound.<br /><br />Email following later.<br /><br />They only allow dogs after 6? Scandalous!JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16069822009799120415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-672515173999750909.post-85088634573549767482016-06-06T14:41:20.844+01:002016-06-06T14:41:20.844+01:00I feel the same way about beaches, although for sl...I feel the same way about beaches, although for slightly different reasons - if I sit in the sun for more than thirty seconds, my skin starts to burn off.<br /><br />You've pretty much perfectly described what I like about the beach. Your description reminds me in particular of the beaches in Maine we used to visit when I was little. Because of the aforementioned skin burning off problem my parents and I would often go very early in the morning or at dusk to the beach (also, after 6 pm the beaches allowed dogs). I think you would like Maine a lot.Madelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506747179368082399noreply@blogger.com