Craving the Outdoors

It has rained for all of May and all of June. So it hasn't felt like summer yet, even though it is warm, we aren't living outdoors. The weekend before last we were in London and Saturday morning the kids were at friends for the day, Jeff was working and I was craving a walk along a beach. So, Nancy & I drove 1.5hrs to Christchurch, a beautiful little village on the sea. We lunched in a boat house before going for a long walk with the dog. It was the first time either of us had donned wellies for the beach, it was raining and windy and we trapsed along the beach, smelling the salt, feeling the wet and the wind. It was brilliant! Around the corner of the headland is a spit and on it are about 80 cute little beach huts all painted lovely colours. We felt great after being filled up on the nature.