An early morning dog grooming session and good weather was the exact combination for breakfast on the beach at Wembury.

The usual term-time peace, on the beach, was broken by an entire Primary School moving lessons onto the beach. We found a quiet area behind a rock to catch some vitamin D and read books. Swimming was an unexpected challenge. Huge amounts of broken bits of seaweed were brought in on every wave. We were defeated not so much by the weed but definitely by the thought of the mess we would be in when we tried to leave the water. Also, seaweed captures tiny bits of Jellyfish which can give a nasty sting as you brush past. We have seen a few more jellyfish when swimming at home this week. So we argued ourselves out of the water and carried on basking and book reading.

The calm picture below is a bit of an illusion. Just out of the picture are many excited children tucking into their lunch at 11:30 in the morning. The arrow shows the pop-top of the van.

We met an interesting hiker from Perth, Western Australia who was walking the South West Coastal path. We pointed her in the direction of good snacks, on the way she noticed a sign post that showed she had another 206 miles to walk to get to Poole.

She admitted to missing out our home bit of coastal path by using the ferry from Mount Edgecumbe to Cremyl. No judgement there, we walk it every day so others don’t have to. I wonder if a lot of people do that as we don’t really see the number of walkers you might expect in Stonehouse.

Soon enough it was time to collect clean and happy dogs from the groomers. I realise, as I write this that I never take a picture of them at their crispest and cleanest. In the late Spring and Summer the beach is a no go zone for dogs which always disappoints them but it does keep them pristine for a little longer.

Next time…