Dry day at the beach....

After longing for more than a year, this was the day we planned for a trip to the beach. My first beach in UK, SouthEnd Beach- close to London. With all the excitement we planned for the trip and relied on weather channels online (which most of us do). With hope that weather would remain pleasant and enjoyable we set out in the morning for the National Rail.

The country side was amazing and scenic.. really beautiful. Green pastures, cows, horse ranches, huge mansions, golfing lawns and what not ! But, I also noticed that the weather people had predicted it wrong.. I could see some grey clouds rovering over ! As we reached our final stop and step out of the station.. we witnessed drizzle. The weather had cooled down and it was raining...

With all the excitement and enthusiasm we marched towards the beach... and since it was freezing cold (6 degree celcius) we were tempted to jump onto the roller coaster rides rather than plunging in the sea waves... The Beach was quiet ... waves were low... Hence, we spent hours on those fun roller-coasters and got the adrenaline kick! And I being the brave gal (which my friends know.. how much) kept the excitement going !!!

Next we took the train ride on the "World's Longest Pier" which is 1.33 miles long and has survived natural calamities, world wars since 18 century. The Irish fishermen on the pier were eager to teach us fishing and we got so much engrossed with them...

It was evening and we had loads of fun so we decided to return to the coast. On the way back on the train ride we realized that the sea water had receeded almost half a mile... people were walking towards the anchored ship in muddy land... (I was scared coz I was remembering my Tsunami 2005 experience @ pondicherry). But, We happily & safely reached the beach and enjoyed hot coffee in the cold weather. And since water had gone back the sea looked dry at the beach, so we eagerly marched back to the station to get back to London...

And while on the Rail, it struck me hard......... I din't even TOUCH the sea-water... forget about playing in the waves and a splash ! Ooh !!! This was a unique Beach trip where the sea went DRY !!!