Afternoon walk on the Beach I

After spending the morning at the air museum, we decided to visit the beach.  The days have been absolutely beautiful.  Highs around 70-72 with light clouds and a great sea breeze.  I have mostly visited beaches during the peak of summer and find them hot, sticky and exhausting.  Walking on the beach when its 70 is a whole different story.  Energizing and refreshing.

We stopped for pizza before going to the beach.

There were SO many of these parasailors riding the updrafts along the cliff lines.  We never could figure out where they launched from, but all of a sudden another one would appear and be gliding over your head. 

The beach is pretty clean.  Lots of small shells, seagulls, and very soft fine sand (that is not blazing hot when its only 70 degrees outside).  The UV intensity is much lower here that any other beach I've been to.  We were out for two hours without sunscreen and didn't even get close to being sunburned.

Obligatory beach ice cream.  I had Bishoff flavor and it was delicious!

There were several hundred of these little beach huts all along the shore (for miles).  Not many were in use, but we got to see inside this one and satisfy our curiosity about what was in them.  Basically its a kitchenette. This guy had a hot plate for his afternoon tea, a mini fridge, and storage for beach chairs.

This funicular runs up and down the West Cliff of the beach.  There was a geocache at the top, so of course we decided it would be fun to go up and look for it.

Very steep!

Great view from the top.  Looking toward Harry Rocks.

Bournemouth Pier