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After two decades of wishing I could swim in the sea more often and 10 years of working out of the Junction, I finally clued to the fact that there\u2019s a beach 20 minutes train ride from there.\u00a0 Doh!<\/p>\n

An organizational task which seemed at first overwhelming, checking train-time tables, packing uniform and bathers and towels, proved on closer inspection to be perfectly doable.<\/p>\n

All my life I’ve assumed a visit to the beach must begin with a hot hour (s) long drive to the beach, a heavy hike across dunes from the car park and a day spent rubbing sandy sun screen into boiling skin in the inadequate shade of an unstable umbrella.<\/p>\n

But all through this long hot summer, I’ve taken the 8.47 to BeachTown and spent an hour bobbing round in the crystal green ocean, peering at fish and sea lettuce through my goggles and getting well and truly chilled to the bone.\u00a0 Sometimes a friend comes too so much talking gets done.<\/p>\n

A quick rinse off and maybe a muffin and a cuppa at the kiosk and its back on the 10.55 to the Junction in time for work. A low carbon treat that has the added pleasure of sounding like I’m in a novel by Agatha Christie, Conan Doyle or Enid Blyton.\u00a0 (hopefully without the murder)<\/p>\n

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  After two decades of wishing I could swim in the sea more often and 10 years of working out of the Junction, I finally clued to the fact that there\u2019s a beach 20 minutes train ride from there.\u00a0 Doh! An organizational task which seemed at first overwhelming, checking train-time tables, packing uniform and bathers …<\/p>\n

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