Something I have alluded to on my blogs more than once is that here at the seaside, we see more than a usual number of people in a good mood. People smile at you, say hello and generally appear to be enjoying themselves more than you tend to see in inland towns and cities. This is for the simple reason that they have deliberately come here for a day out or for a week on holiday and so they are determined to have a good time. And, of course, it’s beautiful.
I took the above picture just before sunset a couple of weeks ago. There was a group of lads playing football at low tide and clearly having a great time of it and when they packed up to go, one of them left this cheery message behind. It would have been completely dark about 30 minutes later and within a couple of hours the tide would have permanently erased it. In all probability, the message would never be seen by anyone, but still he left the message anyway. Luckily I was there to capture it for posterity, and now you can see it too.
(the picture gets bigger if you click on it)
Cheers, Tom.
30/03/08 @ 13:40