It's been far too long - I needed to get back to caring for the health of our beaches and marine life.

So Tess and I visited the Prinsted shore and found all the usual suspects: plastic cotton bud stalks, rope, sweet wrappers, bottle tops and even a gun cartridge. And on the route there, I picked up six full dog poo bags, presumably waiting for the dog poo fairy to come to collect.

It was good to see that the litter-pickers and plastic bags provided by '2 minute beach clean' were still available for other visitors to borrow.

I enjoyed the fresh air, the scenery and the feel-good factor. And Tess won't mind me sharing that she enjoyed the chance of a bit of 'bum-surfing'!!