MG has been struck down with a summer cold and has to save her energy for the next 2 weeks work so I only have walking companions tonight. Feeling energetic after too much caffeine I hatch a plan for MG, the mascot, the mascotini and I to walk from Hive to Cogden and see the shingle plants (hopefully in full flower) where I then leave them walking and run back via Freshwater, meeting up again for a swim at Hive.
The beautiful evening light creates tall shadows and dark colours for the thrift but we have missed the sea kale flower. Its green and purple leaves are everywhere but almost all the flowers are over now, the only colour highlights coming from a few early yellow horned poppies. We may be in between the most interesting flowerings but the shingle ridge is still an amazing sight.
Running back into the sun through evening scented honeysuckle clouds over springy rabbit mown turf storms could be seen forming over Devon. I think every farmer and gardener is praying for rain this evening. I dropped down from Hive cliffs just as MG walked back to the beach. Remembering that I have no washing facilities for the next 24 hours (the plumbers are in) I had a split second thought about whether its best to be dirty from a run or salty from the sea. The sea won. Slightly choppy but calmer than expected given the gusty south westerlies the sea was melt-water milky blue again. Diving under there was a disconcerting amount of weed but the fresh cool water was very welcome.
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