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What better way to start the weekend ...

... than a walk on the beach at Belhaven!  A glorious sunny morning and with a selection of members of the family, Tilly and I went for a walk after breakfast.  It was low tide and that meant we could begin our walk by crossing over the bridge to nowhere.  If you get your tide timings all wrong, the bridge is surrounded by water, and its a long walk round! Today we had oodles of time.
The garden this morning was white with frost, and likewise the sand in the shadow of the marram grass, at the top of the beach.  But with some warmth in the sun now, the skylarks were singing of summer, high above the sand dunes  They were the first I have heard this year, and one of my favourite sounds.

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