I am aware that over the years I have developed particular styles when taking photographs.  Mary will comment when she sees a landscape that I am particularly proud of how there always seems to be a flower or something striking right at the front of the picture.   I know I am drawn to dramatic skies and the vast stretch of an empty beach.

I was reminded of that yesterday when I was writing a piece for a church magazine and I included a picture of Mary, alone on the West Sands at St Andrew’s.  That location was made famous by the opening scene of the film, Chariots of Fire.  It’s a place that we knew well as students there in the 1960s and despite the terrible December weather, we managed a walk along the sands last December.  And of course the same style was in evidence in yesterday’s blog with Poppy on the beach.

I have dipped into the archives and here are some more empty beach pictures.