Firstly, I hope to get back to more regular posts – other matters have taken priority the last while and have meant I haven’t been able to spend nearly as much time on blogging as I would like, so hopefully I can change that going into the holiday season.

Secondly this may or may not be the start of a new series of posts – my last one featured a Fynbos sunset and here I go again with a Beach sunset – we’ll just have to see where this goes…..

We decided to take a short break and chose Arniston, a small coastal town about 260 kms from our home in Mossel Bay. We had only been there once before for lunch at the Arniston Hotel and have always wanted to experience the charming spot more thoroughly so booked for three nights in a seafront room.

As usual I went for my late afternoon walks during the stay and was drawn towards the beach right in front of the hotel for a stroll along the sand and a clamber over the low rocks that are exposed by the low tide.

The scenes were stunning, the sand, sea and sky lightly brushed with colour from the sun setting behind my back on the land side.

Once I had a few shots taken of the beach I looked around for interesting patterns and colour combinations amongst the exposed rocks and didn’t have to go far to find these

The harbour slipway had a few fishing boats standing out of the water and this colourful one demanded a photo

Back on the sand I was fascinated by the variety of pebbles large and small, swept into random patterns by the incoming and outgoing tide

Oh, and I met a dog on the beach…..just gazing out to sea

What a nice way to end a day