Barking at the waves.

[Kkimm]

This is our beautiful river where we sail. There is a lovely old working Tide mill where you can buy flour to make the most delicious wholemeal bread and the river banks are wooded for almost the whole of its journey to the sea.

There are three beautiful old pubs on the banks where you can tie up to a bouy and go for a meal at a table overlooking the estuary, or just have a chat over a beer with fellow sea farers.

Better still are the little wooded bays where you can drop anchor and swim to the sandy beach to walk in the woods and see the herons nesting in the trees and glimpse the sparkling waters from high up on a wooded cliff with ferns, oak, ash and sweet smelling pines.

The other day however there was no sailing or walking in the woods. The wind was howling and the waves were breaking over the walls of the quay where the old sailing barges would have unloaded their grain at the tide mill in years gone by.

This little dog made everyone who passed by smile however. He stood in the water, just barking at the waves.

Kim

[Sillysausage234]

Nice picture Kim always amazes me how herons nest in trees .

[Kkimm in reply to Sillysausage234]

Thanks Silly, I did you a reply on this strand which went to me, you can see it if you look.

[Suffolklady]

Looks very much like the mill at Woodbridge Suffolk. Lovely picture very timeless.

[Kkimm in reply to Suffolklady]

You're not far wrong, thanks for replying.

[Dolphin14]

You set that scene so well. I would love to go there.

I love dogs. Can't help but be drawn to his picture. Barking at the waves, I could have watched him do that all day.

Thank you for posting

[Kkimm in reply to Dolphin14]

Thanks so much for your lovely reply.

[Sasical]

How lovely, is this in the UK?

My dream is to one day live in the Uk. The Lake District to be more precise

[Kkimm in reply to Sasical]

Yes in the south of the UK. I love the Lake District too

[teal247]

Looks so peaceful, thanks for sharing Kim

[Kkimm in reply to teal247]

Thanks for replying

[All_alone]

That is beautiful Kim. I'm glad you had a lovely day. C.

[Kkimm in reply to All_alone]

Thanks C, how are things progressing with you. So glad you managed to sell your property at last.

[All_alone in reply to Kkimm]

I'm doing ok. Still quite hectic trying to sell off other items which really need to happen this year. I'm trying..... thank you for asking.

[Kkimm in reply to All_alone]

You will get there and be able to have the life you dreamed of

[All_alone in reply to Kkimm]

Yes! Thats is my goal and the light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter. Its been a long and tiring three years.

[melbrown]

Simply beautiful... wish could visit & enjoy the peacefulness. The pup is too precious 💗

[Kkimm in reply to melbrown]

Thanks so much. Yes he was cute

[Hidden]

This is a lovely photo.

[Kkimm in reply to Hidden]

Thanks, nice to hear from you, hope you are feeling better.

[Kkimm]

Thanks Silly. Yeh, know what you mean. Infact it is quite a sight each dusk as the egrets always roost where the herons nest and they squabble for hours until they all settle. The egrets make a strange eerie gobbling whooping noise and the first time we heard it it sounded like monkeys in a rainforest canopy.

[Sillysausage234 in reply to Kkimm]

Hi Kim,First time I saw them when I lived in Amsterdam awhile and there was a park there and was full of gangly herons nesting in trees ,I was in awe 😊

[Kkimm in reply to Sillysausage234]

Didn't know you had lived in Amsterdam for a while, sounds great. I have seen them nesting in trees in Holland too. I think it was in the village of Edam.