A day at the beach

I know the official start to Spring isn’t until March 20^th but today was the warmest and brightest it has seemed for a very long time.

Today was spent at Irvine beach on the west coast of Scotland and it was great to see how busy it was.  People, dogs and horses were all enjoying the expanse of sand, blue skies and sunshine although none of the fore-mentioned was brave enough to try the icy waters!

We had the horses at the beach for part of their training for the soon-to-arrive Eventing season.  You have to use your initiative on the beach but it wasn’t long until the horses were jumping over an old Christmas tree, some branches and a traffic cone!

I just love being near the coast and go to the beach for walks as often as I can although it is ironic having grown up on the coast and being able to see the sea from my windows in Scotland that when I am in Oxfordshire I am almost as far from the coast as any point that you can be in the UK!

It doesn’t matter where in the world you are but to stand on a beach and look out across the seas or oceans is the most wonderful feeling. 

Lee x