Our friends, Kevin & Helen from church first took us to Ferring Beach in early May on a sunny bank holiday.  Well, it was foggy when we began, but the fog burned off and left us with a nice day.

Kevin, Helen and their kids.

Swing Ball!  So fun!

Karis & Brennen loved it.  Reegan couldn't quite get enough power in her hits.

We've gone a few times, since it's only about a 40 minute drive.  It's a rocky beach when the tide is up.

England is one of those places with strong tidal changes.  When the tide is out, you can see miles of sand!

This beach is somewhat secluded, not very busy and has FREE PARKING!!  In this country, that is a huge plus and a huge draw for us!!  We drive through small neighborhood roads to get to the Blue Bird Cafe.  I've learned while writing this post that this little cafe has quite a rich history.  If you click on the link you can read about its early days in the 30s, it's renames, and its use as a canteen by the Canadian army during the war.

Cafe, ice cream shop and miles of beach.  Just how we like it!!

Jerry had a day off recently, so we took the kids to school and headed to the coast for a day out on our own.  I wanted to get some beach hut photos.  We're having some amazing weather right now, very non-English weather!

Since it's hard for us to get away in the evenings, days out like this make for a great date!  Works perfectly for us!  And probably one of our last ones before school is out on July 24.

Yes, I said July 24.  Another thing about England, a longer school year with 2 weeks off between each term and one week half terms spread throughout the year.  Then we have a 6 week Summer break.

Enough about that, back to beach huts!!

Aren't those colors lovely?!

I love how the owners of this hut used sea glass to spell out the name of their hut.

We then headed over to Goring beach, the next beach over, and had a late English breakfast at the cafe and had a look at Gorring's beach huts.

First we stopped for a bite to eat at Sea Lane Cafe.

Typical English breakfast fare often includes baked beans.  My dish is without!  I just can't be THAT much like the locals to eat beans for breakfast!  Ha!

Goring Beach has opted for white beach huts with colored trim.

I had a nice little chat with this man, below, and told him of my fascination with beach huts.

Some other photos from our walk along the beach.

This house, right on the beach, had it's own sweet little beach hut in their garden.

Now that's some beach house with quite a garden!

Their own private route to the beach.

Cuttle Fish bones.  These are found all over the beach. Someone decided to make a Cuttle Bonehenge. Get it?  Like Stonehenge! Ha!

Grab some fresh fish straight from the beach.

We enjoyed our lovely day out and finished our trip off with a stop at Starbucks!  A nice day for a date!