Stroll along the beach

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Re: Stroll along the beach

Postby beaky » Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:12 am

...how times have changed...

I remember in the 1950's and 1960's, I used to take my family in my Motor-cycle Combination to many Sea-side places in my area, and in many places there were only a handful of people on the sands and the Promenade...plenty of room!

...even during the ride there and back, we only met a handful of cars, (Ford Prefects and Anglia's, Austin 7's), etc, on the journey!
A nice, gentle cruise.

Nowadays, the traffic is horrendous, and the Sea-sides are heaving with Tourists....having found all my previous secret, sandy places.... :'(...!

I am frightened, like the rest of my Motorcyclist Mates, to park my Bike at the Sea-side now, in case it gets "pinched", kicked, or knocked over/flattened by an errant Motorist/Van driver... :'(...!

Not much fun on the roads...and Sea-sides, nowadays... :o...!

What a shame...!

F.... 8-)...!

The same problem with Sea-side Camping Sites....no more 50 pence per night in a Tent, like in the "olden days"... :'(...!!




I figured as much when Doug mentioned that the old quarter was now luxury housing... it's the same everywhere. Even little San Diego now has 7 million (yes, million)-dollar studio apartments downtown... ::)

But there still seems to be elbow room and cheap land in Mexico... :D

At least Shoreham Beach is still pretty easy on the eyes... nice photos. ;D
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Re: Stroll along the beach

Postby Omag 2.0 » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:32 am

Great shots Doug... At least in the UK they try to maintain a nice coastline... here in Belgium the shoreline is covered in highrise appartementblocks, lokking all different and evenly dull... Only a small town, called "De Haan" managed to keep the developers away...

But at least we have proper sandbeaches...  :P  ;D

The shot with the wrecked boat is my favorite... you should play a bit with that site, using B/W or sepia and different lighting conditions... should make for some great shots!
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