Finally my children went on a rock pooling adventure. It was one of those beach activities they had never done so I needed to teach them how to be rock pool explorers. I took them to National Trust’s Birling Gap in East Sussex which is known for its rock pools at low tide. We lived two years […]
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Whenever I go on a walk with my children, they’re interested in adventures and have simply ignored me when I stop to ‘ooh’ and ‘aah’ about some spectacular view. Now that they’re a bit older – Luce and Theo are eight year old twins – they’re finally beginning to appreciate views. We went for a coastal
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Our timing was perfect. You know that feeling when the air is crisp near the sea but the light in the sky draws you to the beach as soon as you awake? It was an early September morning in Kingsdown on the Kent coast. Cliffs loomed in the distance. Cargo ships were crossing the channel like
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After living two years in the Hamptons in the US, one thing we’ve desperately missed since we returned to the UK is wide open beaches with golden sands. We were pretty spoilt as the Atlantic beaches in Long Island are considered some of the top in the world. Well we found a perfect English beach
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If you asked my children which is their favorite beach in the Hamptons, their reply would probably be Long Beach. Why? Seashells and sunsets. Yes I came here in the evening with my kids too! It’s a mile long strip on a bay shore near Sag Harbor, commonly known as Long Beach and officially as the Foster Memorial
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Where the glaciers once stopped are ocean bluffs in a place called Shadmoor. Near Montauk. A nature preserve named after the Shadbush. In 1898 over 21,000 soldiers were brought to Camp Wikoff – which was part of this land – to prevent the spread of yellow fever and tropical diseases at the end of the Spanish-American War. Now there’s a running
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