Had a lovely day out at the beach this last weekend. Went to a National Trust place called Formby Point which is a bit North of Liverpool on the West coast.
The place is fab and it is also a place where red squirrels are surviving because it is being looked after to favour them rather than the greys. I am not really sure whether the priority there is to look after the squirrels or the sand dunes. All I know is it is a lovely place and I can highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys being outdoors.
We went there to have a picnic and fly some kites on the beach. Fortunately it was an absolutely beautiful day (although the wind was playing up a bit) so it was really nice being outdoors in the sun with the wind blowing against you. We all ended up going a little bit pink with too much sun (yes we did have sun cream on!) as it was so nice.
We took a few pics of us on the dunes eating and then the flying kites on the beach. I have not cropped the beach photos to show the kites better as I think the view across the beach is a better picture. The thing that looks like an old fashioned galleon/boat is exactly that. It is a sailing ship kite I was bought for christmas and this was the first opportunity I have had to fly it so we all assembled it on the beach and I had a brief fly of it. Unfortunately it needs a little bit of setting up and the beach was not the place to be doing it so we had it up for five minutes before bringing it down and putting it back into it’s box.
I hope you enjoy the pics of the dunes and the beach. It really is a lovely place and if you get the chance you should go.
I was born in Formby. I don’t remember there being red squirrels there, but we did move away when I was three.