If you live at the seaside do you go down to the beach much ?

[Lardlizard]

I’d love to live at the seaside

I very rarely go to our beach, I live in the north east and I just find it too cold (weather) and North Sea is too grey and freezing for my liking but I do love going to the beach on holiday

Our city hosts an air show every year and for the last couple of years I haven't been and even if I did I wouldn't actually go into the beach as I hate getting sand everywhere unless I'm in a cossie and can go for a plodge in the sea like I do on holiday.

Hardly ever, and I can see the sea from my garden

We go several times a week in the summer, Dd does a surf club and we'll often go down for breakfast and be home for 12.

In the winter we often drive down at the weekend to get some chips and go for a walk, particularly if it's windy and the surfs up as it's very impressive to watch.

I used to do Couch 25 along the beach when DD was at dance class as it was nearby but she doesn't go dancing anymore.

My parents live opposite the beach. My dad walks the dog there everyday.
They love it there.

This is from my bedroom window just now.

That will probably look very different this time tomorrow!

Every weekend and I detour slightly on my walk home from work every day so I can see the sea

The dog thing is a bug bear of mine :(

I grew up by the sea and really miss it, but last time I went back to where I grew up I couldn't hear the crashing waves for barking dogs and got jumped up at by a dog with no owner in sight and had to give a wide berth to two dogs fighting with owners standing by inadequately calling to them to come along and stop that... It really made the beach completely unappealing, it's just a giant dog park.

In summer of course there are so many people.

I'd love to live near a more remote beach but town beaches are sadly a bit rubbish except for looking at from the window of a cafe.

Although I do walk rather dogs on the beach regularly I find they prefer woodland or grassy areas- more to sniff.

we live in the south of England and used to live about 15 mins away from the beach and I went all the time. My partner NEVER goes without being physically dragged and only for 10 mins and then he leaves. We now live half an hour walk away and I still go a lot, but not quite as much, but so far since we moved I have been too busy to really do things I used to do.

I grew up in a seaside town. You don't really appreciate it when it's just where you happen to live. It was nice to go swimming in the summer, or beach parties.

As an oldie, I live about 40 mins from the coast and go at least once a week. Particularly enjoy it in the winter when there are fewer people around.

Yes it's true that as a teenager it was rubbish in winter as everything was geared up for tourists in summer. I certainly appreciate it all year round as an adult.

We do. In the winter for dog walks, and in the summer for swimmingly, kayaking or just loading about. There are some hellishly crowded beaches in our corner of Cornwall. But we locals know the quiet ones too 😎

NE here also..I think the prettiest beaches are the ones with coves and bays and a bit of woodland to frame them, miles of the sandy stuff and grey freezing sea is not a very picturesque combination.
I actually prefer inland lakes surrounded by trees , woodland, rolling hills. Just came back from lake Windermere break on Thursday..words can’t describe how wonderful the water looks against such a stunning backdrop.

Lakes don't compare to the sea for me (I live hundreds of miles from the sea but near lakes). No tides, no crashing waves, no sense of endless horizons - a poor substitute, like a low sugar, low fat copy of the real thing...

I actually spent a lot of time at the beach as a teen whilst skivving sixth form classes and it holds great nostalgic value for me. I was so disappointed last time I went by the sheer number and noise of dogs who utterly dominated.

I also like points of transit, like railway stations, ports and airports - it's the sense of possibilities and distance stretching out ahead - lakes are too bounded.

Other people's barking dogs who jump up at you rather spoil the atmosphere. A few with responsible owners who don't let them fight or jump on strangers would be no issue, but the sheer number these days has turned the beach I used to enjoy into a dog park.