Beautiful quiet British beaches

[eighthobstruction]

Rumbled, 8tho? nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnaturism, anyone?

Yes, I did get my kit off....rarely more than 50 people on that half mile of beach (still a mile and a half to left for normal family punters ....I used to camp down there, catch mackerel, cook it Ray Mears styleee, write, sketch, read....My favourite photo of me (ego ridden sap that I am)[aged 29] is me bleached blonde hair, beach bums beard, staring out into the bay with that constant companion to my life; Sweet Virginia, clamped in an embrace, her vapour spiraling into the ether, her deadly toxins making each moment a locus of profundity....Ah she is here now ....killing me softly with her love, telling my whole life with her words....another landscape is now viewed with the same eyes, the same heart (modified) pumps, the same man is in that bay everyday, using it's power, using that beach solitude I taught myself then.....

[Nick Armstrong]

[Zucchini]

Use words Callaghan, use words not wands. Some of us are far from ready for your old people's kindergarten

It becomes infuriating to to view your latest posts and just find trashy emoticons - and feel dismay that your colleague will arrive and do the same a couple of posts later.

[eighthobstruction]

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[amateur51]

Use words Callaghan, use words not wands. Some of us are far from ready for your old people's kindergarten

It becomes infuriating to to view your latest posts and just find trashy emoticons - and feel dismay that your colleague will arrive and do the same a couple of posts later.

Farmers playing up, Zooks?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Farmers playing up, Zooks?

- a similar thought (but without the poetry) occured to me. What on earth ...

Incidentally, 8thO:

Yes, I did get my kit off....rarely more than 50 people on that half mile of beach

... I find much the same effect in the Bakery aisle of Crosshills Co-Op. Great post, by the way - cheers!

[Nick Armstrong]

Use words Callaghan, use words not wands. Some of us are far from ready for your old people's kindergarten

It becomes infuriating to to view your latest posts and just find trashy emoticons - and feel dismay that your colleague will arrive and do the same a couple of posts later.

And a good afternoon to you too

[eighthobstruction]

Incidentally, 8thO:


... I find much the same effect in the Bakery aisle of Crosshills Co-Op. Great post, by the way - cheers!

Actually it's a fantastic aerobic work out....running to get the single fresh-bake (and only) Olive bread on offer ....succeeded yesterday hooray....good grade chipolatas are back after an absence of 4-5 weeks....2for1 Goodfellas pizza not on offer at mo'....BUT, Truly Irresistible Lemon Curd Yoghurt now disappeared gone walkabout,.....Pwwssssh there's always something....

[Anna]

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Take no notice 8obs, I was entranced by your description of the beach and of your sweet mistress, Virginia.
Could you change your avatar to that of the 29 year old sun bleached beach bum?

[eighthobstruction]

I'll see if I can get it scanned Anna....

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Actually it's a fantastic aerobic work out....running to get the single fresh-bake (and only) Olive bread on offer ....succeeded yesterday hooray....good grade chipolatas are back after an absence of 4-5 weeks....2for1 Goodfellas pizza not on offer at mo'....BUT, Truly Irresistible Lemon Curd Yoghurt now disappeared gone walkabout,.....Pwwssssh there's always something....

And to think they only used to give Divi.

[teamsaint]

I always wondered where you were supposed to stick the stamps.

[Jonathan]

Might I suggest Morar on the west coast of Scotland? Bax used to go there to compose. Lovely white sand (and some good shells too!)

[eighthobstruction]

looks lovely jonathon....

[kernelbogey]

From my long experience of lovely Cornish beaches and coves, the answer invariably lies in acquiring an OS 1:25000 map of the area and studying it with curiosity, and a degree of chutzpah in the matter of navigating narrow lanes, sometimes with grass growing in the middle, to get to them. But I'm not naming any of them. Get your own OS map, I say.

But for an accessible south coast beach I've recently enjoyed the one at Highcliffe near Christchurch. There's parking nearby, and a decent cafe surrounded by a nice park. The sandy beach has lovely views across to the Isle of Wight, and down the other way to the Isle of Purbeck.