Southport is well known here for its lack of sea which is rather unfair. The coast shelves very gently and the water goes out a long way at low tide leaving a beautiful, somewhat barren landscape of open sand merging into treacherous mud flats. On stormy, blustery days in autumn, when most of the tourists have gone, it becomes a lonely, haunting space; the preserve of black-headed gulls and the occasional heron. When the cloud lifts you can see Blackpool and the tower across the bay to your right and, if you're lucky, the mountains of North Wales off in the far distance to your left.
These are a few pics I took this week from the pier whilst dodging the rain.
I too know the joy of a tourist free town, they always miss all the best bits with the wild days...
ReplyDeleteI haven't been to Southport for years - about time I took another trip! We have the miles of sand here too - I love the everchanging colours of it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first read "Southport" I said to myself...that's not Southport, NC. lol beautiful photos. thanks for sharing. we love it here on the carolina coast when all the tourists go home.
ReplyDeleteI loved living in Southport, one of my favourite places.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous!!! I'm a sea girl too. Wish I could visit your area and see this for myself. It's just stunning it is!
ReplyDeleteI live on the west coast of US in Oregon. It's so pretty here too but in a very different way. We have huge sea stack rocks. The water gets deep near shore so we have huge waves that hit the cliffs and shoot up into the air.
wonderful photos, fran :)
ReplyDeletei LOVE the seaside on days like this!!
Lovely photos! The top image is just beautiful! I'm a seaside girl who now lives in the city. You can't beat days watching waves!
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