U.K. seasides !

We are fortunate enough to live in the South of England. Only about max 25 mins to the nearest beach. Only a little longer to a Historic Seaside resort.

Frequently when my Children were at School I would picked them up after school so they could spend time in the water and have their tea on the beach. Often Chips in the car on the way home.
All our chums congregated in the same area. The same people sat in similar places year on year, we got know other Mums and see how the other children had grown.

Only a few weeks ago, I took my Granddaughters who were staying with us down to the beach for Breakfast, and a paddle, they loved it. They live miles from a beach. It was made when m y SiL turned up with my other Grandchildren, (my DD had a "fragile" head) then his parents on their bikes.
We are so lucky, we don't need to go far.

Pembrokeshire coast is my absolute favourite.

Aren’t we lucky living on an island with fabulous beaches everywhere. I love wild, bleak beaches and I also love the bucket and spade type beaches. Anywhere where I’m by the sea is fine by me.

Dare I say it I love the coast and being near the sea, but I have no interest in beaches unless they provide hard sand to walk on.

I love the Northumberland coast, but a happy day at Filey and another at Southwold had more to do with the company - family and grandchildren than any inherent qualities of the beach.

We lived for a while in Manorbier, on a military site which had its own private cove for use of families living in the quarters, accessed by a steep cliff path. We managed it fine in those days and the children were up and down it like mountain goats. It was idyllic. I don’t think it’s accessible other than by boat now, though it doesn’t belong to the MOD anymore. It was that posting that started our great love affair with Pembrokeshire.

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In recent years Filey and North Landing near Flamborough.

As a child spent holidays in Weston super Mare and Dawlish and love the beaches there.

Pic is of North Landing.

I lived in Ramsgate till 18 so Broadstairs, Margate, Sandwich Minnis Bay and Deal were my beaches. DH is from Dorset so Studland, Bournemouth and Weymouth are favourites.
One daughter lived on Anglesey for several years, now in Bangor, so Newborough and Trearrdur Bay on Anglesey were close by.
Finally several holidays were spent near Crackington Haven in N Cornwall, but I see today that it is closed for swimming due to oil or fuel pollution.
I would love to visit some of the beaches mentioned and will make a list of them. I love the seaside. Winter and summer.

Filey Bay for me!

I also love Norfolk, the Gower and North Cornwall.

I went to Suffolk last year and really loved it too.

We are so lucky to have such a varied coastline- something for everyone!

I love days out at Southerndown beach not far from us. 1 toilet and an ice cream kiosk is all that is there but the beach is glorious.

Trebarwith Strand in Cornwall. I haven’t been back there for years but dream of being there again.

Swanage for holidays with young children. Happy days and memories.

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A wild and lovely and empty place Tregardock - taken from the top of the path before clambering down.

The grandchildren belly surfing on Polzeath , before learning how to properly surf, they are in their 20s now.

Bantham Beach -

When my parents used to take me to Brighton it had a wonderful continental atmosphere; traffic policemen in white helmets, white cotton gloves and short sleeved shirts. It could almost be somewhere like Gibraltar crossed with the French riviera. Now some six or seven decades later it is shabby, run down, full of down and outs and people out of their heads sleeping on the pavements. Rats running about on the terrace above the Madeira Drive and that terrace has been closed for years because of neglect. The annual Brighton Speed trials were like a smaller Monaco Grand Prix and brought crowds to the town but even that has now stopped due to lack of support because of the poor surface on the Madeira Drive, and no spectator access to the terrace. I still love the place but it's like seeing an an elegant young woman reduced to bag lady level. You still love soul within, but regret the decay.

Bamburgh every time for me. I’m very fond of Amble too.

We must have a mention for Northern Ireland’s beaches. The Antrim coast is glorious - there are the lovely seaside towns with superb beaches and wild beautiful stretches of sand with hardly anyone on them - Whitepark Bay, PortBallintrae, and Ballintoy, with Magilligan Strand further west towards Londonderry.

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Pembrokeshire coast is my absolute favourite.

Same here. I absolutely love it. We had many holidays there in the 70s.

Black rock Sands near Portmadog; West Wittering, Camber Sands both in Sussex, Croyde Bay in Devon. All lovely, all with memories attached.

Talking about the sea has reminded me of my Bulgarian friend.
She lives in a small town on the Black Sea.
Some of you might not know that the Black Sea is non tidal so my friend had never seen a tide.
She was here on holiday so we took her to Leigh on Sea for lunch. We timed it so the tide was out. We didn’t tell her what we were doing ( waiting for the tide to turn.)
We deliberately chose a pub where the tide comes right up to the pub wall, her face when she saw what was happening before her eyes was magical, just like a child 🥰

Donegal too Greyduster

Bamburgh and Druridge Bay on the beautiful Northumberland coast.
I like Allonby on the Cumbrian coast too.
The Isle of Iona is my favourite place in Scotland.

Indeed, Jax - my cousin lives at Malin Head, the lucky devil! He sends me their community calendar every year full of lovely photos of their coastal scenery and other scenery.

As a child I always loved Worthing, A couple of years ago I found one of my mother's diaries and discovered that I was conceived there, so perhaps there is a connection!

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Croyde Bay, Saunton Sands, Three Cliffs Bay, Rock.

All lovely beaches but I still prefer Polzeath, Daymer Bay and Rock. Lovely walk too.

Bit of a cheat on my part Greyduster as Donegal isn’t in the UK, oops!

Holkham beach. The waving grasses as you make your way, then the absolute peace of sky, sea and sand. It is the most calming place on earth.