Marina Sofia at Finding Time To Write has a fun Friday post where she finds a selection of pictures with a theme. From ‘which castle would you like to live in’ to ‘how about one of these unusual libraries?’ Today she posted pictures of writers’ sheds in the garden and unlike castles and mansions I do actually have one of those. We call it the Aunty Evelyn Memorial Summer House in memory of the aunt we all thought had no money, but left seven of us equal shares. Enough to buy my little retreat. Alas it is currently full of stuff belonging to other family members, so you are not privileged to peek inside. I do also have a beach hut, a six foot wooden box ( not a coffin ) that sits on a piece of concrete rented at an exorbitant rate from the council. Most beach hut people use their hut to get changed, boil the kettle, eat, read and sun bathe, but I also try to get my money’s worth writing / scribbling.
Where is your favourite spot to write? Do you like to be connected to electricity or scribble first drafts on paper?
Times and Tides of a Beachwriter 
I’ve been promising myself a ‘she-shed’ at the bottom of the garden for ages. I also love the sea although I’m miles away from it, so a connecting unicorn express would be perfect. 😀
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Yes you must get your shed. When we lived near Heathrow I painted our tiny shed in blue and yellow stripes and pretended it was a beach hut, with the sound of water from the fish pond fountain.
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My favorite place to write is my study with all my familiar books and pictures around me. There are times when I would love to have my own writing retreat where no one can interrupt me and I can’t hear my neighbor across the street shooting off his guns.
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My neighbour across the street only has a barking dog we all have to put up with, perhaps she would be dispatched by your shooting neighbour if he heard her!
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Or perhaps the barking dog could be dispatched to incapacitate my neighbor’s gun hand.
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I think I could have become a famous novelist if allowed to compose in a Writer’s Shed!
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Yes I am sure you could as many famous authors have had sheds.
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My husband built me a nice garden shed about 15 years ago. I have only written in there a few times, because it’s not really set up for that. I must say, beach huts are a totally foreign phenomenon here in Canada, but your description of their uses does sound attractive. A bit of privacy away from sun and wind, not to mention prying eyes.
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Hello Audrey, of course for gardeners there are more important things to do in a shed than write! Beach huts are descended from bathing machines which were wheeled down to the edge of the sea so one could slip modestly into the water! They are very popular, we were on the waiting list for six years to get ours.
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Ah yes, I remember reading about bathing machines. I didn’t make the connection between the two. And of course bathing suits then were fairly substantial.
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Beach huts in Norfolk and Suffolk can sell for up to £250,000! Even a shabby one at the wrong end of the front can fetch £100,000. I don’t think I would like to write outside, even in a shed. Too many distractions in the open air. I like to be in my very untidy 8 X 8 office room in the house, using a well-connected PC with a big monitor screen.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Yes Pete I can well imagine the prices for those beach huts. Within walking distance from my house are the mega overnight beach huts on the sand flats twixt Christchurch harbour and the Solent. They cost more than most people’s houses. It’s a lovely spot, but not very private, with walkers like me continually walking by peering at the interiors or what the owners are having for their al fresco lunch.
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I laughed at your description of your aunt. I know a few people who like to give the appearance of having no money though they’re reasonably well-off. Keeps the solicitors away somewhat.
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Yes Pete, but all credit to this aunty who left her moderate amount to us, while another relative with more left it all to charity!
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Oh, I’d love a beach hut to write in. I’d never heard of those. 🙂
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Yes Debbie, even though my beach hut is on a popular stretch of beach and not far from busy life, the sound of the sea and the horizon have a very relaxing effect.
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