Landscapes Of England Brean

A s a child I can remember         straight ahead over the Bristol    thinking of Brean as the        Channel, your eyes are drawn       most boring place on earth.     towards the south coast of Wales.  The bright lights of Blackpool                                           were much more exiting. Countless                                        arcades and video games would ebb     On a clear day, with the aid of    away your time, as well as your       binoculars, you can make out the   money. The possibilities were         Cardiff docks. Nearby is the       endless.                              magnificent Millennium Stadium,                                          pride of the nation and home to    Age helps you appreciate the          the Welsh rugby team and many      finer details in life. Suddenly       other great sporting events.       Brean had become a beautiful                                             stretch of coastline boasting         The summer months bring a large    windswept sand dunes and several      influx of tourists and are busy    miles of golden sands.                days for beach patrol. The flat                                          sands leave a huge area of beach   So the funfair may have grown and     exposed at low tide, revealing     its visitors gotten younger, but      dangerous mud flats.               Brean retains an inner calm,                                             somewhere for the weekend to          The warning signs emphasize the    relax and recharge your               danger of walking too far out      batteries, run dangerously low by     towards the sea. Lives have been   the rigours of city life.             lost in the past, victims of the                                         sinking mud and sand. The          And what a wonderful, panoramic       lifeguard’s jeep patrolling up     view that unfolds before you. To      and down the beach is a familiar   the left, reaching out towards        sight in summer.                   the horizon lies the rugged                                              coastline of north Devon. Gazing      “Move inland away from the sea,”   bellows the coastguard through        spot for binoculars, the summit    the jeep’s loudspeakers. It’s         of Brean Down casts its eye many   incredible the number of people       miles. The coastlines of South     who ignore the warning signs,         Wales and southwest England        remaining oblivious to the            feature predominantly in the       dangers around them.                  skyline.                                                                                                    The receding tide has exposed a       A clear day yields some memorable  path of shells leading northwards     views. From up here, Brean         along the shore to Brean Down, a      appears to be carpeted with        narrow piece of land jutting out      caravans spread as far as the eye  into the sea.                         can see. Holiday parks are                                               everywhere; it’s easy to           The one hundred or so steps to        appreciate why Brean is so         the top are a challenge. An ideal     popular with caravan lovers.       About the Author: Steven Cronin owns the City Breaks website featuring city break special offers from luxury hotels to budget accommodations. For more information please visit http://www.sargas.co.uk Source: www.isnare.com