An afternoon out

The other day was such a nice bright day that the wife and I, along with the brother in law decided to visit a place called "The Witterings". Surprisingly enough this location is only about 15 miles away and we have never visited it in the 15 years we have lived down south. Maybe because it's an exceedingly popular sandy beach and in the summer you will find thousands of day trippers, campers and what not trying to get to it. It's alledgely the best bit of sandy beach in the south.

The day was very cold so you needed to wrap up warm, so, hats and coats on and half an hour later we arrived., parked up the car in a pretty much deserted car park, (still had to pay a £1 though) and went for a walk on the beach.

Wow, was one adjective you could use. Miles of sandy beach, hardly anybody on it except a few people and their dogs and the rest was all ours. Actually, it was a very pleasant walk. Out of the wind it was quite warm but not worth the risk of unbuttoning those coats. One gust of that icy and you were likely to freeze your proverbials off.                                                                                          

We walked for about a mile and a half and then got up onto the top and walked back through the camping car parks. As we walked we could hear a loud and persistent honking noise. Lots of geese. Over to our left in a field were perhaps a couple of thousand of these geese, wild and obviously wintering over here. I don't know what sort because as we walked along the road they all took off. Quite a sight to see all these birds up in the air. Unfortunately the lens on my camera was only a 300mm and so couldn't quite bring them close to view properly. An exciting couple of minutes though.

 

Having now got a bit cold it was time to search out a hot coffee, so, off we went in the car to the next beach where we knew a cafe would be open. This place is Hayling Island. Not a lot there except a shingle beach, a bit of a run down amusement park and a solitary cafe. still, it was March and people were painting their various businesses ready for the summer season. The coffee break was pretty quick, mainly because the coffee was pretty awful, cheap and instant, so we had a quick walk across the shingle and then in the car for the ride home.

All in all, a pleasant afternoon. Maybe now the weather is getting better we should have a few more of these afternoons out. I'l;l keep you posted.