Recovery Time

 

We love to comb the beach for treasures: fossils, shells, ray or shark eggs.

 Three weeks ago the weather forecast predicted 100% rain

but it turned out to be ideal circumstances for beach combing.

Strong but not too strong wind and (almost) no rain.

Due to strong winds the previous days a lot of junk washed up on the shore.

Rope, nets, shoes, wood and an awful lot of plastic.

 

 Suddenly something caught my eye....

At first sight it looked like a piece of rubber, care tyre or a piece of wood... 

but it appeared to be an upper jaw and part of a skull of some kind.....

So exciting! Fossil find? Doggerland? A great find, we were chuffed!

A couple of days later an expert said it's recent and from a cow.

We still have our doubts so we'll go for a second opinion ☺︎

The next morning... 

a beautiful sunrise... and the beach almost to myself... 

In the afternoon lots of activity at 'La baie de la slack' near Ambleteuse.

Wissant

It has been 3 weeks already, we visited Wissant 

Stormy and rainy on Saturday...

Sunny on Sunday ☀︎

In the morning we visited the beach in Wissant

 Followed by a very nice afternoon at Cap Blanc-Nez (Blankenesse, Witte Nes)

Near the cliffs it can be dangerous.

There's always the lurking danger of a collapsing cliff wall.

And breeding on a steep chalky water leaking wall isn't without risks either...

Panorama Wissant

A fortnight ago...

Wissant

I do love the sea and beach.

With good friends and sun it's even better ★

Within Sight of Britain

Early waking up on Sunday, another nice view... the British coast!

After breakfast straight to the beach again...

the beautiful light and colours... 

Due to the stormy weather the night before I found 53 egg capsules 

We had to climb the dunes to escape from the tide coming in...

straight away trespassing on private property?!?

Britain in the background...

In the early afternoon blue skies at Cap Blanc Nez...

And after enjoying another delicious French meal, it's back to the beach again...

three beautiful common limpets... they own the strongest material on earth!

We really love the coast and the French country side

and hope to visit the Côte d'Opale again...

La Douce France

The stunning view from our hotelroom... 

Back in August we decided to visit the French coast Côte d'Opale.

Longing to see Cap Gris-Nez and Cap Blanc-Nez for ourselves.

Hoping for some clear weather so we would be able to see the British coast.

Last weekend we finally went...

 view from Cap Griz towards Cap Blanc

view at Wissant and Cap Blanc...

the black spots being surfers waiting to catch a nice wave...

Dogs love being on the beach but I doubt whether they like to sit in the mud...

Lots of action heroes at Wissant beach...

Who needs a beautician when you can get some free sandblasting? (smile)

being such a beautiful day full of stunning wide open views...