It’s 6 years since we moved to our coastal home and in that time I’ve really got to know and discover the beach, sea and coastline.
The tides which come high and low each day; we can only swim when its high tide as there are too many rock pools to clamber over when the tide is out. There’s also a walk we love to do along the bottom of the cliffs which we can only safely do at low tide. So having a tide timetable has become an essential thing to have in our home.
The impact of the weather on the sea and knowing not to even try and go down to the beach when its stormy; I never underestimate the power of the sea and have a healthy fear and respect for those waves and tidal currents. The chalk cliffs too can be a hazard- we’ve seen some enormous cliff falls since moving here.
The various things that get washed up on our shores; from sea glass (which I knew very little about before)…
…to mermaids purses (which are the egg cases of sharks and some other fish types).
Habits set in and when I pop down to the beach I usually walk to my favourite one… but last weekend we walked along a little way to another beach on our stretch of coastline. It’s only a stones throw eastwards from our usual haunt. And how wonderful it was! I rediscovered some amazing things on our coast and it was a true pleasure…
These are spectacular ammonite fossils which can be seen on the beach. They are enormous and are obviously millions of years old! We knew about them and discovered them soon after we moved to the area but hadn’t gone to see them in ages…
We found this sea urchin shell…
…and a place in the rock pools where copious amounts of shells seem to collect.
The rock pools were beautiful…
…and the views were all a little different to what we see everyday.
So it goes to show that making a detour just 10 minutes away from a usual route can open your eyes to a whole new world! I fell in love with our coast all over again and felt inspired by all I had seen..
First off, I decided to crochet some ammonites!
I had fun making these!
So try wandering off your usual route- take a left turn instead of a right and it may lead to some inspiration or new discoveries. In my case it lead to a rediscovery of a place I already knew but certainly needed to visit again….
Thanks for reading and Happy Crocheting… 🙂 🙂