Living only a five-minute walk from the beach, you may be surprised to hear that water scares me. Despite all the lessons, I’ve never been able to swim. For some strange reason, I can not coordinate my arms and legs at the same time.
However, the beach has many other benefits for me; the main one being the refreshing sea breezes we get during long, hot, humid summer days. It may in the upper 90s and humid inland, but come down to the coast, and the temperature will be refreshing.
The people in the above photo may be about to take a refreshing dip into the sea, but the refreshing sea breezes are what keep me going on long, hot, humid summer days and nights.
This is my entry for the brand new Sunday Stills Photography challenge, this week hosted by Terri at Second Wind Leisure Perspectives. Come and join in the fun. Click here for all the details.
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So refreshing!
Thank you.
Lovely photo. If I can find a nice photo I’ll have a go too.
Thanks. Do have a go. Terri sets a new Sunday Still challenge every week. Here’s the link to the challenge.
https://secondwindleisure.com/photography/sunday-stills-photo-challenge/
Thanks Hugh. Not sure what I can find for ‘Pink’ but I’ll have a go!
Very nice, I feel like I am there!
I’m glad my photo was able to take you to the beach. Thank you for your comment.
A picturesque still that is so action packed. I also feel the wind whipping my hair into a mass of twists. I taste the salt and feel it’s crystals on my lips. The cold damp sand pressing between my toes. I am certain to leave footprints embedded in my wake. Time stands still as I inhale the scent of the sea.
Beautiful Hugh.
Your comment was like reading a piece of poetry, Ellen. Just as beautiful (as you said) as the photo on this post. Glad it took you to the beach.
You deserve a decent response.x
I love the beach too, although I live 600kms inland. I try to get to a beach as much as I can and am looking forward to a long weekend by the beach in September.
I hope you have a great long weekend at the beach on your next visit. Enjoy.
Great shot Sir!!
Thank you.
Much like you I have a 5 minute walk to the beach and go there nearly every day but other than walking in the shallows I cannot remember the last time I actually went INTO the water! Gorgeous to look at and phootgraph but I’m with you Hugh, it’s all about the breezes!
It’s been rather humid here over the last week, so those refreshing sea breezes have come in very useful, Tina. 😎
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It is a lovely beach scene there. What lovely weather too. But like you, I am not a fan of swimming and actually can’t swim very well. I remember I was forced to take swimming lessons as a kid and even then wasn’t able to swim much better after the lessons finished. Maybe it’s a lack of coordination like you, or maybe my body wasn’t meant to be swimming.
When I got to the beach, I don’t swim. Wading is as far as I will go. One time as a kid I tried to swim in the sea and ended up being taken out quite a distance from shore by a big wave. In general, I dislike the water, dislike getting wet apart from getting into the shower 🙂
For me, it’s also all about the breathing, Mabel. I don’t know why, but I just seemed to hold my breath for as long as I could when I was learning to swim. It was the thought of all that sea water going into my mouth and up my nose that put me off going in the sea.
That must have been a very scary experience when you were taken out to sea by the wave. The sea is so powerful. Even today, many people don’t take safety seriously when they go into the water. I’m with you, Mabel; the shower is as far as I will go when it comes to getting wet (unless I get stuck in the rain 🌧).
Don’t forget about water going into your ears when you are swimming. So many times after my swimming lessons I’d come out of the pool with one ear blocked with water and it took forever for the water to drain.
Not a fan of getting stuck in the rain myself. That rain can soak your clothes and wear you down 😀
Getting water stuck in your ear also plays havoc with your hearing. It’s a very strange sensation, Mabel.
Hi, Hugh. Like you, I can’t swim but love the ocean. I have the same coordinatiion problem, in spite of swimming lessons when I was a kid. We spent fifteen years in south central FL–2 hours from either coast. The gulf starts to warm up in February and the coast there has those lovely turquoise waters that are clear for about 100 feet out. At that time the beaches aren’t crowded yet and the sand sculptors are starting their competitions. (Coaquina Beach) Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome and thank you for your comments. I’ve never been able to get the breathing technique right when trying to swim, either. I seem to just hold my breath for as long as I can. It’s probably the thought of all that salt water ending up in my mouth, up my nose and inside my ears. The waters off the Florida coast must look so refreshing on hot days. We get sand sculptors here, too, but nowhere near as many.
I may be in the upper 90’s inland? When did you leave the UK Hugh or have you been having those funny dreams again?
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
lol, no, I was referring to cities like London and Birmingham where not only can it get very humid, but the mercury can sometimes hit 90, David. Living on the coast, we don’t tend to get the humidity or those high temperatures. The cool sea breezes help.
Hugs to you.
I love the ocean but don’t swim in the US. It’s always too cold! We go to Aruba each year and spend three weeks walking the beach, swimming and soaking up the sun. Water is warmer there.
Beautiful, serene photo of the beach! Love it!
Thank you, Janice. Have you ever swam in the waters off the gulf coast in the U.S.A? We get the gulf jetstream in the UK, but the water is still cold after crossing the Atlantic.
I have in Florida. It’s warmer there. Have to watch out for alligators everywhere down there. I don’t particularly like Florida except to o to Disney World. Hugs x
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Such a gorgeous shot, Hugh!
Thank you, Rob. And thank you for sharing the post. Have a great weekend. 🌞
Lovely photo! I am not a strong swimmer and I have a major fear of water. Because of that I insisted that my kids had swim lessons and now my grandkids also. I would like to think that maybe if I was stronger in the water it wouldn’t scare me so much but the mere thought of my head under water freaks me out.
I know how you feel, although water only has to go above my waist and I start to freak out. It’s also the thought of what might be in the water that scares me.
You’re a little farther along in the fear factor than I am- I can’t even think about what’s in there!!!
A five minute walk from the beach? I am so jealous 🙂
Great picture.
Thanks, Aimer. 😀
Beautiful photo! Refreshing indeed!😇
Thank you.
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I like to swim in the sea Hugh but prefer the Mediterranean!
Yes, a tad warmer than the Atlantic or the North Sea, Andrew.
Hi, Hugh – So glad to see you joining Terri in the Sunday Stills Photo Challenge. I love your photo choice and believe it fits the theme perfectly. Well done!
Thank you, Donna. I’m so glad that Terri has brought back Sunday Stills. It was one of the first photography challenges I joined.
I don’t like swimming in the ocean either Hugh. I’m happy walking the beach but lounging at the pool with a margarita 🙂 xx
Sounds like my kind of way to spend a day, Debby. I’d have to have more than one margarita, though. 🍹😀
xx
You’re on! 🙂 xx
Just love all the moods of the see and the quality of the light. Can sit for a long time just listening to the waves washing over the stones
It’s a lovely sound, isn’t it? It can certainly help me unwind.
I think of refreshing as a liquid drink.
Me, too, but I wanted to think ‘out of the box’ for this challenge. I think ‘refreshing’ can be demonstrated in many different ways.
I like that kind of refreshing! I don’t go in that water even though I can swim. Just listening to the waves and watching the swells, refresh my soul plenty. Great photos and I love that word. Think I’m going to have a refreshing nap now. 😉
I hope your nap was refreshing. The sound of the waves certainly helps me unwind.
I love the Gulf breezes. We are about ten degrees cooler in the summer and ten degrees warmer in the winter.
Yes, another advantage of living on the coast, John. We did get some snow this winter and the temperature dropped to 19f, but nowhere near as much snow as the rest of the UK had.
Wow. That is cold. Thanks, Hugh.
What’s this place, Hugh?
Taken on Rhossili Beach, on the Gower Coast in South Wales. Check out this link for more details.
https://www.visitswanseabay.com/listings/rhossili-bay-beach/
Great! will check it out. Thanks
90 in the UK Really? Will It be like that in London in June?
It can be. The only trouble is that high temperatures usually come with high humidity.
I’m not big on swimming either, Hugh. But I love your refreshing photograph of the beach!
Thank you, Molly.
I am not much of a swimmer either Hugh!
I rather sit and watch the waves, Willow.
Me too Hugh 💜💜
Mornings, sitting the sun watching the waves, is certainly the best time to watch them, Willow.
Yes it is Hugh and isn’t this a glorious few days 😀
Indeed. Shame it’s not going to last. I hope it’s like this for The Bloggers Bash. We can make great use of their garden then.
Oh! It would be lovely the last two have been on glorious days but they were in June.. fingers crossed 😀😀
A very peaceful photograph, Hugh. You live in a lovely place.
Thank you, Robbie. It’s an incredible part of planet Earth. I’m glad we found it and settled here.
Great photo, Hugh. I love the reflection of the sky on the water. And that SUNSHINE!
Yes, sunshine, Diana. Something we don’t get much of in the UK. 🌞
Beautiful photo! I miss walks by the ocean…
Thank you. I enjoy my walks along the coast. Always plenty of photo opportunities.
Swimming in that water would be very refreshing, but, I agree that the beautiful sea breeze would be refreshing enough. I’m not afraid of water, and know how to swim, but I prefer warm, tropical lagoons over the icy Atlantic! 🙂
On hot, humid, sunny days, that icy Atlantic water can be very refreshing, Liesbet (so I’m told). 😀
Love it Hugh. I totally get you! I love the water but prefer to be near it rather than in it!!!
lol, yep, me too, Ritu. It may also have something to do with what lurks in the sea. I don’t mind a paddle, but if it goes anywhere above my ankles, I’m out of there. 😀
A swimming pool is okay… the sea is another matter!
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