27 July 2008

My first full day on holiday this year saw me in Mablethorpe to start with, and then over to Saltfleet for the evening...

When we arrived there was quite a bit of sea-fret...


It started to clear during the day, thats when I spotted this "dragon" in the sky...


Went back to the beach, as you can see, it's cleared up enough for these two gulls to "stand talking"....


And then, just as soon as it disappeared, I spotted the sea-fret back out to sea...


And in it came, up the beach...


And it continued.. so, headed for Saltfleet...


Bunch of dried thistle heads....


Single dried thistle with bits of flower left...


Sea heather...


Reflection of grass in puddle...



Butterfly...


Thistle Head...


Old Gnarly Tree...


Fishing Lake, lit by street light...

20 July 2008

We went into Mablethorpe this afternoon with my two nieces...

Chloe and Bobbi walking down the Promenade...


The reason we'd gone to Mablethorpe this afternoon was because we'd heard there was going to be some visitors... And there was... This came in first... The Supermarine Spitfire (not sure which Mark though)...


He did quite a lot of flying back and forth up the beach...














At one time even flying upside down...





And then, all too soon a few twists and turns...


and then he was off home...


And then half hour later, the Douglas DC3 Dakota came into view...








He too, did a couple of forays up and down the beach...







And then a turn and off he went too...


Still, it gave me a chance to use the "sport" setting on the camera...

29 June 2008

We had the idea of going up to the Seal colony today to get some pics of the seals... Nature was against us though...

The tide wasn't out enough to make this channel narrow enough to wade through... You can seee the seals all huddled together sunning themselves...


The odd one was in the sea though...


So I thought if I can't get the seals, I'll get the oystercatchers...


And a jellyfish...


And an abandoned shell...

23 September 2007

This weekend saw me on my own walking from Mablethorpe to Sutton on Sea, only a short four mile round trip...

This was the Beach Hut Weekend... A celebration of beach huts.

Below is the open air exhibition In Search of Albion



This is the first of the new Beach Huts I encountered on my walk, it's situated to the left of the Lifeboat Station in Mablethorpe...


About three quarters of a mile away as we leave Mablethorpe and venture into Trusthorpe is this beach hut...


Next two photos are taken in Sutton-on-Sea