Sea megalith

The reprint of the dodgy cards have arrived and thank goodness they're okay! Mass folding and bagging at breakfast and then off around West Cork delivering. Because I was ging to nice places, Himself came too. We cruised through Durrus, Ballydehob, Schull and the Mizen. We lunched at Crookhaven and I had the most delicious and very garlicky watermelon and goat's cheese salad, while Himself had fresh salmon.

After lunch we walked along this beach, White Strand, - a huge sweep of proper sand peppered with little white and pink shells. We wanted to investigate this stone and some other structures that you can only see at low tide. We wondered if it might have been a man-made structure but on closer inspection it is probably just magniifcently natural. I paddled; it was warm and clear and the sea edge was full of large frolicking fish. I was delighted to discover that under the white sand was a thick layer of black mud - for someone brought up on the mud flats of Essex this was perfect!

We also stopped off at Barley Cove on the way home- another massive sweep of sand. The hot sun promised had failed to materialise and there was a fierce wind but the beach was packed with people doing beachy things regardless - swimming, surfing, playing hurley, crouched behind windbreaks, making tea, constructing massive sandcastles, rolling with dogs...
Son number 1 has just backblipped the results of his recent Welsh road trip - some amazing mellow shots, he currently has a thing about lighthouses!