I had a morning to do this walk and a sore foot, but it was a route I've done a few times before and I'm sure the exercise helped the foot. Here's where I went.
I went through Westoe Village, all gorgeous, spring flowers in evidence and then through the allotments, across Bamburgh Avenue, Kingsway and then across the coast road onto the Leas and down to the beach. The allotments look incredibly well groomed these days, some people obviously take a lot of pride and care in their plot.
As for the beach, well the tide was in and the waves roared to the shore. The sand looked clean and lovely. There were dog walkers and the occasional jogger around but enough space for all of us. I turned back at one point and watched the waves curving in, spray blown back like hair, the sun catching them and making them shine like silver. Easy to see how tales of mermaids, white horses, Neptune himself, arose.
It wasn't easy to walk of the sand and I was conscious of need to hurry to get back and get ready for work, so I wasn't in the best frame of mind to enjoy the beach to its full.
I made my way from the pier pavilion back up Ocean Road, noting new and exciting looking Indian restaurants along the way. It's time I had another curry! Up to the Town Hall and home along Chichester Road. All done in an hour and a half and still got to work on time!
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