Brighton

People fishing along the whole length of the jetty;
Unglamorous people... old men in dirty tracksuits with their craggy wives... scallywag kids...
a cool Asian guy with a cigarette hanging laconically from his mouth with a rod in his hand... a skinny waif girl with milk white skin and a little tattoo on her hip and a rod;
Old guys hurling crab nets with hunks of meat into the sea, chatting to the other fishermen;
Old couples walking hand in hand along the jetty;
Pushbikes and prams;
Kids used to dive off the jetty, but now signs prohibit it, but life will find a way, and the kids still dive;
Once upon a time kids up on the jetty called out "Shark!" to a man swimming in the deep water at the end of the jetty - the kids thought it was funny, but I doubt the swimmer did.
People playing bongos on the sand, communing with the sea, while two guys danced and twirled acrobatically around each other and made mini human pyramids;
Lights from the planes moving slowly in and out over the sea... if you could speed up time, the light highway in the sky would look really pretty;
Up above, the crescent moon next to Venus.

This is my beach.


Oh... the monstrosity at the end of the jetty is a mobile phone tower. At least the fishermen get real good reception "Honey, better go buy some fish and chips... I ain't caught nothin'"