Beach Buoy, Borrowed Dog and Another Dog headed to the beach.
It was 6-20 p.m.
A lady was walking her dog along The Esplanade.
Upon reaching the access ramp, she lifted her foot and touched one of the two columns at the top of the stack.
This marked her turning point.
She and her dog returned northwards.
Beach Buoy and the dogs went down onto the beach.
It was sunny with a fresh breeze from the north east.
A couple kicked a beach-found football ahead of them.
If you are old, they were young.
If you are young then they were old.
It was nice to see.
Even more pleasing was the kick about that they had before leaving the beach.
The sea seemed rougher than one would expect with such a light breeze.
They headed south.
The tide was out, coming in.
From the beach below, Beach Buoy could see a figure heading north along the "easy" route.
He hoped that if the figure had an unseen dog that it was on the lead.
It would be awkward passing with Beach Buoy's two dogs if not.
Up the the big slope.
There was the figure.
There was his dog.
Well more like Hound of the Baskervilles.
Thankfully the man reached to put his dog on its lead.
It had a bark like thunder.
Beach Buoy pulled into a makeshift passing place on the narrow.
He thanked the man.
The man thanked him in return.
6-49.
"Evening Mate."
Beach Buoy added some stones.
He patted
THE
stone.
He sat on the driftwood wedge about a metre long.
The dogs laid nearby.
He sipped fizzy water from a fizzy water bottle.
Down on the beach below, a lady with no dog but an air of confidence began to walk the narrowing gap between the sea and the grey rocks as she headed towards North Gare Pier.
"See you mate."
They returned to the beach.
A man walked with two Red Setter Dogs.
They were loving life.
The freedom.
The sea.
Beach Buoy and the dogs continued north.
The elderly man with an elderly greyhound was heading south.
They shared distant waves.
More of a morning thing for some reason.
Beach Buoy and others headed back.
Down near the beach access ramp, a family were doing an excellent job of flying a kite that resembled a robot bird.
BEACH BUOY.
