A DOG races into the placid sea

As its owner strolls in the sunshine

A boulevard of dazzling silver

Stretches out towards the Somerset hills.

A couple of children paddle and splash in the water

A family picnic on the sun-kissed shore

On a warm spring day, who could ask for more?

A man stretches outside the pavilion cafe

Content at this moment in time

With his tea or coffee, observing seagulls glide.

The silver pier basks in somnolent sunshine

As I stroll along the boardwalks

And watch a sailing boat slowly drift by

Relaxed under a blue Aegean sky.

Guy Fletcher

Pantmawr

Cardiff