How to Dress in the Water—Edwardian Advice from the Shoreline

Cattersty Sands looked perfect this morning. The sun was out, the beach was almost empty, and the North Sea glittered like it wanted to be inviting. It was not. Nobody so much as dipped a toe in. I had half expected to see someone bobbing about in neoprene ...

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Cattersty Sands—From Fretful Sea to Fragile Foam

A visit to the sea-side.

Back at home, we had woken up to a wet but mild morning. However, the scene at Cattersty Sands was a different world. A sea fret unfurled before us, though glimpses of blue peered above sporadically. Typically, the surf maintains a steady rhythm, a predictable ebb and flow. Yet on this morning, all semblance of regu ...

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