{"id":4095,"date":"2020-09-02T10:13:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T09:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=4095"},"modified":"2020-09-02T10:13:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T09:13:48","slug":"an-afternoon-on-the-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/02\/an-afternoon-on-the-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"An Afternoon on the Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The day had started as it was meant to continue<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The early morning cloud had faded within hours<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And by noon the sky was sunny and mostly clear<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We arrived on the beach at about twelve thirty<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And set ourselves up by the old rusty winch<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Nearby in the castle grounds an outdoor\u00a0cinema was being set up<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The film that was to be shown was\u00a0<i>Ryan&#8217;s Daughter<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I had seen the film and did not intend to attend the screening<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But I watched the build up with a certain interest<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Although the sea was calm there was enough\u00a0of a breeze<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>To host the sport of two spectacular kite surfers<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Who occasionally\u00a0lost their colourful boards before recovering<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>During the course of the afternoon\u00a0we frequently swam<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And although it was July the water was surprisingly\u00a0brittle<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But for the most part we relaxed on our well worn towels<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In the distance the church clock announced the hour<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It was four o&#8217;clock and the beach was beginning\u00a0to thin<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Leaving only the dedicated sunbathers to keep it company<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>My wife and I slowly climbed the pebbled sea terraces<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Slipping occasionally as we made our way towards\u00a0the nearby path<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We were both looking forward to an iced drink after we had showered<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The day had started as it was meant to continue The early morning cloud had faded within hours And by noon the sky was sunny and mostly clear We arrived on the beach at about twelve thirty And set ourselves up by the old rusty winch Nearby in the castle grounds an outdoor\u00a0cinema was being [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}