Druridge Bay

I threw the stick into the sea
She ran and caught, and running back to me
she snorted at the sand and water up her nose
tearing along the beach, leaving deep impressions with her doggy toes

The beach was sunny yesterday for once and warm
You can keep your costas and your Benidorm
Seaton Sluice and Blyth have much to offer
If only just more often it was hotter

Breakers out to sea like some Pacific beach
Who needs Bondi with Druridge in such easy reach?
Surfers in their wet suits keeping warm
Beach babes wearing something like their grannnies would have worn

The windswept glory of the Northumbrian coast
Lindisfarne and Bamburgh our proud boast
Despite the cold and no half dressed pretty girls to see
I'll sit here with the dog and my thermos of hot tea