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| It was 4-35pm A strong wind blew from the west. As Beach Buoy and Stubborn reached the water's edge, the Church bells rang for 4-45. The tide had peaked around thirty minutes earlier. It was as bright as a summer's day and as windy as a windy one. |
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| The colours were crisp in the dazzling light. |
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| As mentioned, the tide had not long turned, leaving a narrow strip of smooth wet sand beyond the rippled patterns of the windswept beach. |
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| They headed south... |
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| and further south..... Little Terns chattered and flitted across the sea like skimming stones thrown by excited children on a day trip. |
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| It was an odd sea tonight . A dark angry blue sea, that didn't look angry excepting for its colour, in total contrast to the summer sky blue sky. Big fluffy clouds were randomly spaced around the bay. |
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| Beach Buoy turned back just before the grey rocks. An unseen Oyster Catcher as big as a football, had broke cover and moved south a little to avoid Beach Buoy. Beach Buoy turned back North ... to avoid it. It was a windy day and there would be plenty of tired birds about. Beach Buoy would let this one rest. As they headed back Beach Buoy did some cloud watching, making out shapes as he went. 1. Masquerade Mask. 2. Pufferfish. 3. Some eyebrows. (Raised.) well they were in the sky. 4. A Laughing Duck. 5. A Stubborn Dog Cloud (by the time Beach Buoy had his phone ready to take a picture , it had turned into a Hammerhead shark.) 6. A slumbering Polar Bear. 7. A big white Scotty Dog that changed into an image similar to that on a front cover of the book The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer from many years ago. You will know it if you have seen it. BEACH BUOY. |
