Despite waking up to the sea every morning we rarely head for the beach, or perhaps it is because we are beside the seaside that we feel we don’t to. Last Sunday though it was such a gorgeous day that we began with a morning stroll along Olhao’s promenade.
And in the afternoon we caught the ferry to the beach on Ilha da Armona. You could easily walk around Armona in a day, it is less than 6miles long and it’s widest point is only just over half a mile. There are a few cafes and one small shop but that is about it. In summer it will be busy but in winter you will probably have the Atlantic beach to yourself. My type of seaside but perhaps not the one thought of by most English people when we think of our quintessentially English song ‘Oh I do like to be beside the seaside‘.
By the way how many of you have been singing the chorus? For those who don’t know it here’s the wonderful 1909 recording by Mark Sheridan (with the bonus of English seaside photographs). Be warned though if you were brought up in England you’ll be singing or humming it all day now!
I could picture myself sitting in the deckchairs 🙂 🙂 Forgot to say, on the other post, that Aveiro is a must for me too, one of these days 🙂 Have a happy time!
Ah the joys of putting up or collapsing a deckchair!
And trapping your fingers 🙁
Exactly!!
Beautiful pictures
Thank you 😊
Yup, humming already. And I didn’t even click on the link. Looks like my kind of seaside too. Totally uninterested in sunbathing, but a beautiful coastline to walk along? I’m in!
Hee hee! Lots of glorious walks to do 😊