Wandering barefoot. Along the sand. At St Combs beach.
Tiptoeing between the sandworm castings.
Feeling the smoothness and solidity of the rocks.
Bending down to look at some wee sea snails.
Leaping over seaweed.
A sand storm blows up on the way back.
But the skies stay dramatic at St Combs.
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When dance student Amalphia Treadwell embarks on a secret relationship with her charismatic new teacher, she has no idea of the danger that lurks in his school in Scotland…
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Thank-yo. Beaches as I love them best, sea meeting sky, Scotland, east coast, hopefully this November…
I hope so too 🙂
I can hear the waves crashing onto the shore and smell the salt air . . .
It was lovely.
What a beautiful beach walk. Thanks for taking us along!
You’re welcome:)
Lovely photo poem. I hope you’ll share more of these!
It’s likely 🙂
Fantastic shots from a beautiful beach; love the added drama with the clouds. A beautiful, quiet corner of the North East.
It is.
Beautiful pictures and words, Ailish. The Mermaid and The Bear is still on my tbr list. <3
🙂
The beach is so beautiful Wish I was near one
I do love being close to them here, especially as they’re usually deserted!
Dramatic sky photos indeed! Hoping your own skies are bright and blue, never stormy!
Bit grey today…
Beautiful Beach, sea and sky even snails! Wonderful story in the book, too. Can’t wait for the next.
Working on it!
Beautiful pictures. The beach looked so pristine. 🙂
It is a beautiful beach.
Wow, your photos are so beautiful! Congratulations on the fabulous reviews!
Thank you 🙂
These are lovely photos. I’m heading to the coast tomorrow and can’t wait to get out on the sand and hear the waves crashing. It’s the one thing I miss at my home in the mountains. Your excellent reviews are well deserved. Enjoy! – oh, and just checking – did you get my emails with the Miss Livingstone documents? I hope you have a good weekend! -Sheri
I did, and am reading through already Will email it back in a few days.
Thank you so much! 🙂
So beautiful!!
Gorgeous and awe-inspiring!
🙂
Gorgeous photos. Living with such dramatic clouds must be exhausting.
Not at all 🙂
These are such beautiful pictures!! I love beaches so much!
Me too!
Your pictures are so beautiful.
Thank you 🙂
You have the eye of the poet. Lovely
Glad you like 🙂
Beautiful pictures, good luck with the book
Thank you 🙂
Lovely words and Stunning photos!
Thank you 🙂
That is a spectacular set of pictures! I particularly like the ones showing the stormy sky! How like Scottish weather, sunny one minute and cloud and rain the next!
Yes, it can be very changeable up here!
Wow, these photos are breath-taking! The clouds create such a powerful mood over the waves, and I love seeing the different micro-environments within the beach.
I do love the scenery at the beach.
As soon as I saw your post I new Ailish I new straight away we had been there on our trip around Scotland in 2018, we stayed at a marvellous place called the Tufted Duck right on the beach, very beautiful !
Yes, the Duck is right there!
So beautiful! I want to go to Scotland so desperately. Did you grow up there, Ailish? Your name definitely sounds like you did– so lovely.☺️
I mainly grew up in Scotland, with a few years in England too.
That’s so neat! That’s how I would have grown up, if I could have picked, haha. Where in Scotland are you from? My great grandparents came from Paisley and Glasgow.
Beautiful images
You’ve got a wonderful way with words, Ailish, and the beach pictures were amazing. Thanks for sharing. x
Glad you like 🙂
amazing photography.Beautiful! I have nominated you for an award. Check out my post #@LET’S BLOG AWARD. Don’t forget to answer the questions in the end.
Thank you so much! I am honoured.
Absolutely beautiful pics!
Thank you 🙂
This was lovely… even without photos images it would fill the reader’s mind with images. Thanks for stopping at my blog. I’m moving from poetry to fiction for awhile, but poetry is buried deep in this writer’s heart.
Glad you liked, and you’re welcome 🙂
This looks like Harlech beach in Wales!
Not familiar with that one 🙂
Wandering the tideline – a favourite place. Beautifully conjured.
Glad you like 🙂
Intriguing!
🙂
Scotland is mesmerizing ❤
It can be 🙂
Amazing snaps
Thank you 🙂
Always welcome
The lovely subtitles for each picture are so active and fun, like I get to bound away on the beach too!
I’m glad you like it 🙂
Lovely beach photos! Thanks so very much for following, you are helping me nudge towards my goal of 400 followers!
You’re welcome 🙂