Nigel can see the sea from his bedroom window …….
…….. and just outside Beth’s house is a sign for the beach ……..
……. but what Nigel hadn’t realised was just how close the beach actually was to where he was staying.
So yesterday he went to explore …..OMG, it was only a 5 minute walk down the road, just like going to the shops in Evesham, thought Nigel, 
……. and that was at a very gentle pace, as there were lots of things to see. This was all too wonderful and romantic for words for the little fella!
And ….. it was a “proper” Cornish beach, with golden sands, pebbles, rock pools, big crashing waves, surfers, boats …………….
………. and romantic, candy coloured beach huts, just like the ones on his bedroom wallpaper!
In Nigel’s eyes it was all perfect and soooooooo different from our last beach in Nidri ………
…….. you just couldn’t compare anything, it was so different, which made it even more special. 
Nigel thought that if he lived in Bude, for real like Beth, he would go down to the beach every single day ………
…….. even on Christmas Day and it was blowing a blizzard.
Nigel said, when he called Darrell and I after tea, that he thought he was beginning to fall a little bit in love with Bude and really wished we were there with him to embrace it all too. For Nigel, going down to the beach had far surpassed any of the pleasures of the 
4 comments:
Goodness-high praise but has the beach surpassed the cream teas??!!
Michele
Lucky Nigel,just one special romantic Cornish moment after another.....you must admit Cornwall is steeped in mystical romantic places of all sorts...beautiful beachy days for Nigel but Daphne du Maurier knew nowhere else would do for Manderley, Rebecca and spooky Mrs. Danvers .....Dianne
Nothing better than a walk along the beach and this instance the beach at Bude! Jealous JantheFan x
Nigel is right. Bude looks a real delight.
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