I had to dig out a couple of my brothers photos and now I want to be back in Cramond walking along the front looking at the bird life and the view of Fife over the water. The one major problem with this town is that it is far from the water.
There is nothing like the sea. The light, even when the weather is towsy, is different. The light bounces back and forth from water to sky and gives a new view of the world. The sea air, always bracing if it is litter full and trapped in a gully, changes the view of life. People appear happier walking by the sea, relax is the word that seasides bring, well not if accompanied by a thousand children obviously.
Up in Edinburgh for my mothers funeral eight years ago my brother and I wandered along the front after 'seeing the body.' This was a relaxing way to consider the new situation. Having known the area from Cramond right along to Granton Harbour it brought back many memories and we could see how things have changed, though most of the place looks similar to our memories.
We learn how to enjoy the seaside as children. This is passed on to a younger generation and on and on afterwards. Few children fail to enjoy the sea.
In the past people feared the sea. Men travelled over many miles to trade and explore in thousands of years past yet we still feared the sea while doing so. Only those who fish or those who trade or explore would consider sea voyages a sensible idea. However the need to see what lies over the sea is within many of us. From dugout trees to super liners we want to travel the sea to get to the other side but while this is attractive the majority would rather sit by the sea and just enjoy it from the side. Sometimes I think I can smell the see though this may be the drains of course. Sometime soon I must get down to the coast and bore people with photos...
