Coastal

Tom's feet with beach in the background

Pebbles close up and pebble skimming photo collage

Leaving home on one bit of coast to holiday on another is a true sign of loving the sea.  We travelled from the Isle of Wight to the Isle of Purbeck for a long weekend of sunshine and skimming stones.  I love how the sound of rocks changes underfoot close to the waters edge.  Sit in one spot for an hour and you’ll  find a hundred pebbly variations, just asking to be smoothed beneath thumbs, gathered in linty pockets, or released in to the deep blue beyond.  When I was little my dad would point out the feldspar and fossils, while my mum would point out the rings in stones that granted wishes; a perfect childhood mix of fact and fiction.  A week later and the salty sea has dried off my feet, but the pebbles are still in my pocket.

Yacht visible through Durdle Door rock

Chesil beach landscape

One thought on “Coastal

  1. Carol Hollingshead on said:

    Such a beautiful trip. It’s lovely that you are always so near the ocean. I’ve only SEEN the sea three times in my life! You are probably more blessed than you know!