Sunshine Makes a Lovely Day

“The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.” – Karen Blixen

The welcome sunshine after so many gray days made our planned walk to the Old Church on Carteret Beach even more special. The church, a very decorous ruin, and lovely to photograph, was built at the beginning of the 12th century on Cape Carteret and dedicated to Saint Germain le Scot. First mentioned in 1125, when it was given to the abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel by Renaud de Carteret. From there we went down onto the beach for try out the water (too cold) and explore the sands. It is a lovely long beach with only a very few people on it. The quality of the light reminded me of Skagen in Northern Jutland, Denmark. It has a special softly metallic quality, a silveriness, that is very beguiling.

After lunch, some afternoon reading and naps, we found the trail down to the town. We walked around the Carteret harbour and found our very congenial diner for our dinner. The walk home in the dusk was followed by watching the 2025 Mark Twain Prize 2025 awarded to Conan O’Brien on Netflix. Often funny but also interesting in terms of the political context in which it happened. A great day!Read more