Re:A Beach Nobody Can Touch
by arethuza on Thursday February 21, 2019 @04:02AM
(#19215545)
I've joked to people more than once that it is fortunate that Scotland has such awful weather - we have some utterly gorgeous beaches but the opportunity to visit them when the weather is actually nice and warm (which does happen occasionally) is an an experience to be treasured.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
As someone who visits Scotland more often than would be reasonable, I can only agree. Beaches there are gorgeous, and you can't see any tourist around, even on sunny days, as there are not so many. Such a great country.
Norfolk is often similar, some insanely beautiful beaches but very few tourists there.
Port Ban on Iona is my favourite - a small pure white shell beach near the wonderfully named "Bay at the back of the Ocean" on a tiny remote island that is both stunningly pretty and absolutely loaded with history ("its cargo of mouldering kings").
But even then you still need a dry suit to swim in the water!
I have some very good memories from Broughty ferry beach back when I was at university.
... and midges.
Wear a midge jacket and a dry suit and you are good to go!
;-)
NB I seem to me relatively immune to midges, but I do seem to be popular with clegs and ticks :-(