July

Monday Meander – Sun and Shade

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Cool off on a Breezer open top bus.

But where are you going?

Are we getting off here at Boscombe Pier? No.

At Bournemouth Pier? No.

Where are we?

And who is this?

Find out later.

This way?

Or that way?

Feeling cooler?

Don’t get lost

Ah, here’s a sign post…

How did you get here?

With a long walk up the road.

And where are you?

Breezer Bus 70 dropped us off at Alum Chine Beach and we walked up Alum Chine then up to Westbourne shops. Don’t worry, there are plenty of buses home from here, or you can retrace your steps back to the beach.

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How soon did you guess the mystery statue?

Hot and Bloggled

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Yes it really is that blue…

But sometimes smart phones don’t capture the moment – What I saw as I arrived at the cliff top – a snowy white yacht gleaming on a sparkling sea… I had to zoom in to my picture to see if I had imagined a boat…

We have our own Mount Rushmore – who would you like to see carved into our cliffs?

Be glad you are not a cactus…

Two days of glory and attention…

Then it’s all over for another year or two.

When you fall down a blog hole...

In the unlikely event you notice some absences on my part in July it will be due to summer projects or some projects. Forty one years ago people said ‘Pregnant?! What do you want another baby for, you have a boy and a girl?’ The answer was ‘So when he grows up he can do every home improvement imaginable, sort out all my technical problems, install a new computer and cook dinners.’ When he brought home his now wife and said she was a lighting technician and pyrotechnic expert, we knew life was going to be fun and he would have someone to help him with every project imaginable.

As we pass the the halfway mark of the year have you any summer or winter projects planned?

Sunday Seaside Saunter

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Goats keep the vegetation under control on the cliff.

Fish and chips

Queue for ice creams

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Local artist Miroslav Lucan

Portrait by Mathew Byrom of Southbourne Metal Detectorist hero Darren Wiles.

https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/24340520.bournemouth-metal-detectorist-suprised-beach-art/

Primary school leavers jump in the sea in their school uniforms to celebrate the end of the school year.

Time to leave the beach…

Silly Sunday – What, Where and Why?

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FRIDAY

SATURDAY

Meanwhile in the wider world I missed this tiny bit of news on Friday morning and wondered why a friend messaged saying ‘hope Microsoft gets fixed so you can order your carpet.’ I wondered whatsap on earth she was talking about. Thank goodness brunch with friends was not affected and fortunately they had heard what was happening, or rather, not happening around the world.

Meanwhile at the carpet shop one doesn’t need a computer to pick a carpet and they write in a book.

And luckily you could still get hydrated for free with an amazing new invention… a water fountain.

All the rain has been good for nomowing.

When ‘news items’ pop up on your computer do you get distracted from writing your blog? Am I the only person who hasn’t heard about these folk before?

’10-foot-tall people’ discovered by archaeologists in Nevada cave – Extraordinary human remains have been found in the US state of Nevada, with some of the skeletons measuring up to 10 feet tall. Alongside their jaw-dropping size, the bodies – some of which were said to have been mummified – were found to have had red hair.

Back to the present and what lies round the corner?

After a ride on that perhaps you had better go somewhere more relaxing.

Have you been affected by the big switch off or ten foot giants?