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Beautiful-- I want to walk it with you -- thanks

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Pleased you enjoyed

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Thank you. Coming from down in the pointy end of the country I don’t know that coast at all so your descriptions and beautiful photos are delightful. And yes the gorse smells divine. It suddenly struck me wonderfully, that these places and creatures will go on steadfastly, beyond the avaricious, grasping creatures who believe they can control everything.

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Yes, sometimes I wish Earth would just shrug off humans like flies.

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Beautiful post Julie, you weave poetry through words and photos. Love it. Felt like I was right there with you.

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Thank you 😊

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What a great walk, I really enjoyed it, poetically described too. A joy - thank you 🙏❤

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Thanks. Yes I wanted to relay what my mind was throwing out in response to such stimuli. :)

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Wonderful, fully being in the moment and connecting to nature feels like the only real balm in a world that is more crazy every day.

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I completely agree

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Beautiful words and beautiful images. Thank you.

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Thank you 😊

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I enjoyed your post visualizing the east cost of England. I miss beautiful UK coast where lots of beautiful coastlines.

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Thank you. I’m happy that you did :)

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This was lovely, thanks. “You don’t ‘take it in’ so much as it takes you.’ I can identify with that having lived at Cromer. That North Sea wind can be rather bracing. Have a good day. Wave from South Wales.

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I really should get to know South Wales more. I’ve only been briefly to Cardiff. It’s on my list!

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It’s very pleasant here, but can be a tad wet, as now! Been here twenty five years, although, you may recall, I hail from Lancashire originally.

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I’ve always wanted to visit Pembrokeshire. Heard nice things about it. You’re from Lancashire too, hey? Like me. My grandad’s family come From Wales, but north Wales, Rhyl.

As I grow older I’m more drawn to the sea, want to live beside it. Inland almost feels claustrophobic.

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Yes, parents from Heywood! Hope you get this way.

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My son’s grandparents (his dad’s parents) are from Heywood :)

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Beautiful Yorkshire. 😊

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You have a very descriptive style in your writing that is clever and I was caught up in your days adventures. I love nature, it brings me peace. Your article echoed that for me.!

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Thank you so much. :)

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What a fantastic walk! Thank you.

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A true nature walk 🥰

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Beautiful photos, and lovely poetic description… thank you, Julie, this makes a wonderful start of the day 💙💫🌷

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Glad you enjoyed :)

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I most certainly did 💙🌷💫

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“I love that something we can’t see can embed itself within us in that way.” Loved this. And the gorgeous photos- felt I was along for the walk!

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Yes, made me think about the things we can’t see that exist all the same. 😊

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Gorgeous!! Thank you!!

Makes me want to visit!! 🙂🌸

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Glad you enjoyed.

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Wonderfully evocative. The gulls as flying fragments is an inspired image. Thanks for sharing.

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Yes, the photo didn’t capture that aspect so well, think I would have had to zoom in but you can take my word for it. 😊

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I knew what you meant and could see it in my head as soon as you said it, I just never would have thought to put it in words. You also went straight onto talking about combing your hair - which made me think of the gulls as a form of cliff dandruff!

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Hm….😂

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Salt crystals then. Bit more poetic than dead skin 🙂

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This is the most beautiful writing! I felt like I was floating in words that carried me away!

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.. WoWser ! They don’t come better wrapped than that .. ‘telling of !

Will have to share with a Twitter homie - Nick Raschke.. Down Under.. & almost daily shooter from ‘cliff’s edge’ overlooking the Indian Ocean ! (no seals - astonishing seabirds !) So will hi-jack ie ‘Link that stunning tour de force - here to Canada & from there to Australia - Now gosh darn dilly dang - gotta ask you - in light of takin that ‘hike with Julie Dee .. have you seen ‘The Dark Side Of The Lens’ - Mickey Smith - on my ‘stack ? If not - you may find yourself lovin it - like folks are gonna love this Post of Yours.. !

I call it (quite incorrectly) ‘the meridian - ‘meeting place of Land Sea Air .. ! enuff said ! 🦎🏴‍☠️🇨🇦

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