Oh me, oh my, what a beautiful day it is. It’s a day for being outside, and although I have been in a stuffy office for the most part, at lunchtime Papa Musgrove got the train to my place of work and we went to Crosby beach, which is where Antony Gormley’s ‘Another Place’ statues can be found. The tide was in so we threw off our shoes and had a paddle. I started thinking about how, somewhere over the murky horizon, the Statue of Liberty beckons to sea-faring adventurers (and is probably baffled by our response of an army of naked, cast iron men staring vacantly back at her). But then I realised that if you chased the horizon you’d get to Dublin first and in any case, having just checked on Google Maps, Crosby is more on a par with Newfoundland and Labrador than New York.
Sand dunes at Crosby beach
All this seaside weather reminded me of an afternoon I spent last year in Beaumaris, a picturesque town in Anglesey, to interview the lovely artist Janet Bell for my previous job. Afterwards I walked down to the pier and took a few pictures of the sea and Snowdonia beyond. Those who know me will know that I wasn’t always happy at my old job, but on days like that I never stopped feeling super-privileged to be able to get out of the office and wander round a beautiful town in the sunshine.
Moelfre by Janet Bell
The beach at Beaumaris, with the foothills of Snowdonia in the background
Beaumaris Pier
A boat in Beaumaris
