On Friday, December 26, 2014 8:28:06 PM UTC, Nick Gardner wrote:
On 26/12/2014 20:05, Graham Easterling wrote:
It also has the advantage of facing the winter sun. Sennen Cove, all along the road to the lifeboat house, gets no sun for 6 or 7 weeks, the sun never rises above the cliff. You have to walk along the beach at low tide to get sunshine!

The difference between the north and south coasts can be really stark in
the winter and early spring. On many trips over to the north coast where
most of the beach and cliffs remain in shade make it feel like cold and
dark places at this time of year.

On a sunny, winter's day a south-facing beach is a different world with
the sun's reflection off the sea doubling the 'hit'. The cliffs can
become very warm and in any shelter from a breeze you can even have a
summer-type of sunbathe around midday. I've even got sunburnt on
occasions. Try doing that at the base of the cliffs in Newquay or
Lynmouth in the winter.....brrrrr!

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Nick Gardner
Otter Valley (and with beavers too), Devon
20 m amsl
http://www.ottervalley.co.uk

You do get sun on the beach at Sennen, as it faces WNW and is backed by dunes (as of course you know, and you can tell by the Xmas swim youtube clip). But it is a welcome sign late January when the sun starts hitting the road along the cove (which faces N) again!

Graham
Penzance