I work in a former Victorian Holiday seaside town, which hosts a sweeping bay lined promenade housed with scores of brightly coloured hotels and bed and breakfasts .
Last night, for the first time, and glowing in the evening sun, the hotels were suddenly alive again.
From their bay windows and ornate dining rooms elderly patrons looked out again onto the sea and on the Promenade walkers passed each other in obvious good humour.
Everywhere seemed open, front doors wide, public rooms in use.
I was so moved that I almost stopped Bluebell in order to soak up the atmosphere.
I didn’t
It had been a long day
It certainly feels like we've turned the corner. It's so good to see people out and about again. We went out for lunch yesterday and it was so good. And today my daughter, son-in-law and grandson are coming to stay for a few days. I'm so happy I could burst! xx
ReplyDeleteSleep well John. Tomorrow I hope you'll be energised enough to stop and enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteIt's great to see life returning. Pray that with the vaccination program, it will stay that way!
ReplyDeleteHooray for life returning to normal.
ReplyDeleteHope you get to enjoy the sea and sun when walking the dogs soon
The curving front of the Victorian promenade at Llandudno is delightful. We stayed there once in a bay windowed room overlooking the sea. It was a pleasure like the full Welsh breakfasts.
ReplyDeleteThe lights are on and now someone/everyone is home
ReplyDeleteYay! and how nice to think tomorrow is, finally, another day. Llandudno is a favourite place. Naively to live nearby and work there. Have a good weekend!
It is the beginning...I think there may be hiccups along the way...see Moray and Glasgow and Bolton...and think of next winter...
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to being able to do our family tour once more and to staying with family instead of B&B or one of those that don't feed you. At present we can't apparently visit one bit of the family then go straight to the next?
Small steps, careful steps
Looks delightful, and the weather should continue getting nicer,
ReplyDeletea return to normal life - WE NEED IT!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI am not Welsh, never been there but your description brought joy to my heart and tears to my eyes.
ReplyDeleteI was very fortunate to have once lived there in the attic rooms of a former hotel by the train station. It was a short stroll to the west end of the promenade and pier and I remember fondly my daily walks there to blow away the cobwebs of teenage angst.
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DeleteWhat a lovely seaside town! Is the hospice building visible in the picture?
ReplyDeleteThings are opening up here in Virginia, too, with folks who have been vaccinated allowed to go without masks. Hope the other shoe doesn't fall anywhere.
Hugs!
I have never been but my parents used to go there for a break when I was a teenager. They loved it.
ReplyDeleteI love a Seafront-Bracing x
ReplyDeleteThat's a beautiful seaside town. We'll all breathe a sigh of relief when things get back to 'real'. My daughter and son-in-law are visiting next month and I am really looking forward to that!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy everything being open again! I'm hoping we'll have that here again in Canada perhaps by the autumn. Our vaccination program is well behind Britain's.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely promenade and idyllic setting I can understand the need to go home after a long day though.
ReplyDeleteA toast to good days ahead with family and friends.
My daughter went back to work today ..... she had her Covid vaccination yesterday and had a bad reaction but it's all progress ! X
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see the world slowly emerging from this crazy period of isolation!
ReplyDeleteI kind of liked it when I was going out and everyone else was staying home :).
ReplyDeleteI imagine that after a busy day at work, it is comforting to come home to your sweet, peaceful village.
ReplyDeleteI enlarged to picture, and almost can see what you saw. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteWhat a change for the better! There was a holiday coach pulled up in Builth this week (toilet stop for all the folk on board). I thought, life is returning to normal. . . Long may it continue.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a day off soon so you can draw breath and relax.