Portobello is the nearest beach from my place in Edinburgh. It is a medium stretch of mud+sand beach on the North Sea, where families and students throng in scores. The first time I went there was on impulse, V has grown up in Delhi, India and had never ever seen a beach before!
'Outrageous!' I said; 'that's 24 years of unacceptable existence!' and we jumped on a bus and were there in half an hour, on a very cold and windy day. He was very happy, obviously never having seen one before. I, however, was not as impressed... the water was too cold. Gah - I suppose you can't complain of that in Scotland.
Anyway, it's a pretty beach, and it's a nice Sunday afternoon picnic with the kids and dog kind of place...
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This post is part of the ongoing A-to-Z Challenge. Previously, Aye, Berwick, Cramond, Disability, Edinburgh, Forth Bridge, Glasgow, Hamish, Isle of Skye, John o' Groats, Kirk, Loch Lomond and Luss, Mogwai, Necropolis, Old Man of Storr.
9 comments:
Beautiful pictures! Although the word Portobello reminds of the Paulo Coelho novel :-)
Thanks! It does, doesn't it!?
One of my friends said that the first picture should have been called the Witch of Portobello, hehe
I love the pictures. Beach pictures on a cold windy day are hauntingly beautiful.
I can imagine myself there, even though, I live light years away. :)
@Talya: What an unusual name? What does it mean? Where are you from?
@Teresa: Thank you, that's the idea ;)
But you went, and it was great! Cute pictures!! I miss going to the beach...all through my young life I was a beach bum. I felt right at home there, love the ocean. Great post!! Hope you get to go back again soon!! Sandy at www.sandysandyerellas.blogspot.com
@Sandy: Thank you! My childhood was spent in a small coastal town in East India, and we went to the beach almost every weekend.
And the water used to be lukewarm on the hot days and we used to play in the water all day long!
I love your pictures. I, too, love the beach. Although I live right in the center of the USA where there are NO beaches
Looks like a fun day at the beach. I miss the Malaysian beaches that were so accessible when I lived there.
Look forward to the rest of your challenge posts!
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