A Successful Swim

This small blue butterfly was fluttering around
on the cliffs as I made my way
back up after my swim

 I got up early this morning, despite it being my day off, for a swim. The weather forecast was for a bit of a scorcher, plus the tide was on it's way in, so I was down on the beach just before eight o'clock, to make the most of the cooler early morning temperatures and not so blazing sun.
 I was very pleased to note that the sea was calm, unlike last week when I was thwarted from swimming by too rough a sea, and a very high tide. I'll post photos from the unsuccessful swim in a day or two as I can't be arsed to resize those photos at the mo (there are rather a lot).

 As usual, I went to the east beach at Overstrand (but didn't walk to Sidestrand, this time) and was undisturbed by humans until I'd finished my swim. Rather vexingly some woman on a bike(!) cycled along the beach right when I was about to get dressed, so I had to get out of my square-cut trunks and into my pants with my towel wrapped around me.
 Anyway, on with the show:

A rather atmospheric shot of one of the ubiquitous ships plying the North Sea

Reflected sunshine

Overstrand east beach

Sidestrand and Trimingham thataway

Seagulls. And somewhere around is an egret. Although I don't think it's in this photo

Another bloody ship. Ooh! I can see its poop deck!

Ah, those seagulls have started to wake up

Splash

Influencing the tides, are we?

With a bit of squinting (a lot), this could almost be the Vasquez Rocks

A lone seagull amidst the glittering sea

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 As the tide wasn't all the way in like the last few times I've gone to the beach, there was plenty of sand on show. I took some photos of the ripples left after the last outgoing tide: 

I like this one best