Saturday, 7 January 2017

The Beach (again!)


     
     After a very sociable holiday period back in London and nearby, it's off to the beach!
2016 was a year of beaches: the dunes of Maspalomas and the French Atlantic coast; the powder soft white sands of Arcachon and Languedoc; the debris strewn coasts of Oregon and right across the Pacific in New Zealand; the rain battered strands of west Ireland; the municipal promenades of Margate and Southwold; the coral lagoon of Rarotonga; and best of all, that perfect unpopulated crescent of Bang Sak beach, lapped by the Andaman Sea.
     So where better to start 2017 than Fuerteventura, which is pretty much all beach when it isn't volcanic wasteland? A good antidote from Christmas excess as once more we stride along the soft, sandy seashore in a stiff breeze straight off the Sahara, the ocean waves crashing in, the sea shading from aquamarine to indigo under a china blue sky and a smiling sun. Ah, but here's that little beach bar with the rather good Estrella on draft...

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