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It's a horrible day again today. Yesterday it never stopped with the sleety snow, today it's constant heavy rain. The porch roof is leaking again, and so is the toilet roof so I have bowls under both of those. I swear, it's always something.
So, to counter the wet and cold I've been thinking of more things I love, and decided to talk about the beach.
I live about a ten to twenty-minute drive to the beach, depending on traffic. My in-laws live much closer and the main city and supermarkets for the area are closer still, so I end up at the beach often. It's a bit of a longer drive along the coast to South Shields, where there is a fairground, big parks etc, but we tend to stick to Seaburn and Roker which are really close to Sunderland city centre. Both of those places have had improvements made in the last few years, Seaburn getting the Stack, which opened just before the second lockdown, and has remained closed apart from takeaway from a few shops ever since. But, once it's opened properly it'll be an amazing place to eat and be entertained.
Roker is where we go the most, it has a row of new cafes, including a fabulous fish and chip shop and an independent coffee shop that makes the best lattes. Sadly that's also closed at the moment, but when it is open there's nothing better than sitting at the picture windows drinking a hot drink on a cold and stormy day.
I like going to the beach at any time of the year, but never actually sit on the sand and sunbathe in summer. I prefer to walk along the prom, or in winter, walk then sit in the car with a hot drink and watch the waves crash over the pier. I also like to have a plodge, but not until it's much warmer than now.
( a few photos from Roker I've taken over the years )
So, to counter the wet and cold I've been thinking of more things I love, and decided to talk about the beach.
I live about a ten to twenty-minute drive to the beach, depending on traffic. My in-laws live much closer and the main city and supermarkets for the area are closer still, so I end up at the beach often. It's a bit of a longer drive along the coast to South Shields, where there is a fairground, big parks etc, but we tend to stick to Seaburn and Roker which are really close to Sunderland city centre. Both of those places have had improvements made in the last few years, Seaburn getting the Stack, which opened just before the second lockdown, and has remained closed apart from takeaway from a few shops ever since. But, once it's opened properly it'll be an amazing place to eat and be entertained.
Roker is where we go the most, it has a row of new cafes, including a fabulous fish and chip shop and an independent coffee shop that makes the best lattes. Sadly that's also closed at the moment, but when it is open there's nothing better than sitting at the picture windows drinking a hot drink on a cold and stormy day.
I like going to the beach at any time of the year, but never actually sit on the sand and sunbathe in summer. I prefer to walk along the prom, or in winter, walk then sit in the car with a hot drink and watch the waves crash over the pier. I also like to have a plodge, but not until it's much warmer than now.
( a few photos from Roker I've taken over the years )