Tag: UNESCO
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To flow with the tide
The sound of the sea’s drumming beats deep within the soul and calls to all of us. Listen to the rhythmical roar, let it pummel and push us to new places, grand adventures and brave plans – after all, whatever happens the waves will still break on the beach and when the tide comes back…
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Let the wind blow!
The wind blows where it will and is the epitome of ‘freedom’ and the embodiment of an uncontrollable force; and when it roars in your ears and up your nose it provides a wonderful force to shout and scream against, the ideal punchbag!
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What will our legacy be?
The beach today To spot a shell half buried in the sand, or glistening from the hightide line of tangled seaweed and driftwood, is a special moment – what treasure is being revealed? Many are so pretty, they find their way home in pockets, to adorn shelves and decorate our homes long after the creature…
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Live within the inter-tidal zone
The beach today At each incoming tide, the beach is wiped clean, fresh to begin again; to be stamped with the imprint of walkers, dogs, gulls, and the life of all those who move within the sands and leave trails and tracks of their passing – until the next incoming tide. We tend to see…
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Keep Scrolling
How many times are we told to put down our phones and other devices and look instead out at the horizon, notice the natural world around us and to stop scrolling? If you read my blog regularly, I am also usually advocating exactly this! – Stop, notice and dwell in the natural world to retrieve…
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There is always something in the nothing
The beach today Sometimes we need to stop. The beach is a beautiful cradle for our souls, and sometimes we have to let it do that – cradle. So often I know I rush down, breathe deeply, march across the sand and back, am thankful for the pretty scenery feeling vaguely restored, and go home…
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A present for everyone
The beach today The end of another day. It started frosty, then rained, and after that, the sun peeked through to diffuse the dying of the day with gentle light: Just as the waves roll relentlessly, so the sky changes with each passing air current. How do we find peace in the constant tumbling change…
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An upside down day
The beach today It strikes me as a kind of upside down type of day: The sea is quiet and lying grey as a still backdrop while the sky above is full of rolling waves! Pleats of cloud gallop across the sky like a stormy sea, layers of colour highlighting their energy and the capture…
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No borders
The beach today Today was what I call a ‘no borders’ day; misty and grey with low-lying cloud so that it feels as if I am living inside a chalk or pastel impressionist painting. Boundaries are blotted, blurring the distinction between sea and sky, land and air, near and far, day and night, today and…
Marine Moments 