A day at the Seaside

Wednesday 5th June 2019
Having been ‘away’ for a week now we awarded ourselves a day off. I realised that we are quite near the sea! Well Liverpool bay. I last saw the sea almost 6 months ago – so lets go!
We went to Formby to see the dunes, the long sandy beach, to collect shells (the razor shells are abundant) to watch the sea coming in fast and to see the North Welsh coast disappear as the rain came even faster. graham even took his sandals off to walk on the beach.
As we watched ferries, cargo and container ships, the pilot boats and all going into Liverpool we thought “ we’ll be going into Liverpool docks next week “ – that will be our Summer holiday.
We’d hoped to go for a walk through the woods to see the RED squirrels but as it started rainig hard we decided that they would be tucked up in their dreys.
Too wet to walk so we drove up the coast a bit to explore Southport, I was surprised to find it a bit like Brighton, but more-so and less-so. I think I’d prefer Southport on balance – there being no seaweed or pebbles on the beach has to be a major factor.
Brenda