Started off by a walk along the beach towards Culver Down, underneath which one occasionally stumbles across a well tanned sun lover, sometimes complete with bicycle to save them the walk along the beach.
In addition, we came across various art works in stone, to which I shall return shortly. Oddly, someone saw fit to demolish them by the time we walked back the other way. An adult as there were no children to be seen on this part of the beach, perhaps someone who thought art works detracted from the natural beauty of the place. A sentiment I would entirely agree with in so far as is was about the stuff they keep putting up in and around Hyde Park. But here demolition seemed a bit mean.
Two tweets on the way back. First, a few kestrels sweeping around the top of the cliffs, one of them darting down to an invisible perch on a ledge. Second, rather more large black birds which we had at first taken to be buzzards, of which there are plenty on and around Culver Down, but which turned out to be some kind of large crow. Do you get ravens on the island?
Beach much quieter than it had been the day before, a Sunday. Also rather windier and so not as hot, but we found it sheltered enough in the lee of a bend in the sea wall. Plus my car booter umbrella to serve as a parasol - but I was still pleased that it was not as hot as the day before, it taking me a while to get used to 30C. Two swims, one before and one after picnic. In my case, bread (home baked, now getting on a bit), cheese (Poacher from Seven Dials) and lettuce (probably from the large island Tescos). A few cooking dates (from the Epsom branch of Grape Tree, the first place we have found the things for years. See reference 1), all washed down with a little tap water.
No naval action to be seen at sea. Strictly merchant marine.
Day on the beach closed with our first rock cakes of the season, taken from the beach café.
Reference 1: http://www.grapetree.co.uk/.
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