Yesterday was just too sunny and beautiful to waste in the city. A trip to the Seaside was required. 35 mins on the train, through green fields. It's on the Firth, so the waves aren't big.
The front houses have steps that go RIGHT DOWN TO THE SAND! I could see into a lovely lounge lined with bookcases.
Others had gardening with a sea view!
An elegantly clad lass walking home from work along the sands.
It was getting a little warm for some....
There's boat trips to visit the Puffins and Seals, and a Seabird Research Centre. Or you can buy binoculars and observe them from afar.
There was a sea bathing pool.
And a cafe with a deck.
A harbour for boats...
And further along, the inevitable Golf Links with a view of the sea.
And just a street back from the beach, nice shops where I bought cropped black linen trousers for my new sophisticated Edinburgh life. Last night I went to a talk at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, on Walter Scott, Literature and. Brain Science. Over a glass on wine afterwards, I spoke with a University Fellow whose Anthropologist husband is going to Perth (WA) next summer to study the cultural patterns of the Papua Nuiguinean diaspora. I was reminded of Isabelle ( the Philosopher in McCall-Smith's Sunday Philosopy Club novels, going off to study Pirates in the Far East, who turn out to be pirating music CDs).
Ahhhhh, a picture says a thousand words. Which is why no one has to read Walter Scott anymore.
I am completely surprised by the blue sky. I can see how fitting the word 'picturesque' is for this landscape rather than our own.
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