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| Anderby Creek |
The journey was lovely - one of the most picturesque roads through the wolds to Louth and then a country road to Alford and through some pretty villages with fairytale thatched cottages to Anderby Creek. The SATNAV postcode wasn't on the website for the Creek, but I found it on a guide to beaches and it took us straight to the little carpark. It's PE24 5XT.
Anderby Creek is a small unspoilt beach which has sand dunes behind and some houses, but none of the razmatazz of Skegness or Cleethorpes. There is a public loo in the carpark which was clean and serviceable, and there are a row of little shops although they were all closed when we arrived.
The beach is reached by way of a steep slope and then is delightful, sandy with a bit of coarser sand in a band before it becomes fine sand again. The tide was going out when we arrived, but I started beachcombing along the layer of deposits which had been left by the departing tide. I found some driftwood, some smooth pebbles, and lots and lots of tiny tiny shells... in far greater quantity than I have ever found elsewhere. There were tiny cockles, but not in great quantity, tiny whelks and winkles in large quantity and more scallops and cowries than I have ever found on an English beach.
Although there were smooth pebbles and bits of shell which had been smoothed by the sea, I didn't find any ceramic or glass. I can't tell if that is because the beach is so clean, or because someone else had got there first. There were a few people about - a couple of sea canoeists, a couple of people walking the beach with dogs, but generally it was quiet and the sun was warm and I had a fantastic time collecting tiny shells, a few pebbles and some driftwood.
