NEW DAWN FADES
music + culture + random odd stuff from the mind of a fortysomething
28.12.07
The Magic Of Camber Sands
It has not been the mnost cracking Christmas ever due to a bout of 'flu that has made most days a haze and a bit of a struggle. However, yesterday (in an attempt to make something positive out of the post-Boxing Day blues) I suggested to Hitch that we ought to take a drive to Camber Sands to catch the beach in the fading light.
Camber Sands is a magical place to me - not merely is it where we used to spend many drunken weekends at the All Tomorrow's Parties fastival in the local Pontins, but it's one of the reasons we decided to get a holiday cottage in the area and there's something undeniably odd but mesmerising about the landscape there - part faded seaside glamour, part eerie bleakness, part absolutely beautiful. A winning combination.
anyhow, for the three quarters of an hour or so we were there it was probably the highlight of my Christmas period. Yup, enough to get me off my lethargic arse and start 'blogging' again.



Marfa had an amazing time running on the soft wet sand and racing up and down the dunes. It was heart-warming just to see her so happy and energetic.


One of the other highlights of Christmas was the annual viewing of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, my favourite seasonal movie of all time. I thought this tree-twig thing looked like the tree Charlie Brown picks in that cartoon.


And so sun sets over Camber, and in the distance Pontins awaits the return of ATP later this year with acts such as Fuck Buttons, Hot Chip and The Hold Steady. We'll be there.

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