Hopes dashed...
I remember spending summer holidays wandering along the beach, picking up random bits and pieces that had been washed up, some useful, some valuable (10p per lemonade bottle returned!), some just strange. But the thing which really grabbed my attention was the day-glow orange objects I spotted occasionally. It was usually a fishing float or some piece of safety equipment as that was about all that was ever made in that colour 20-30 years ago. To a young lad with lots of time, those could be made in to all sorts of stuff.

I went back to that same beach this year and got the same rush of excitement when I saw the brightly coloured objects amongst the seaweed. Nothing interesting though; energy drink bottles, crisp packets, washing liquid bottles. It seems everyone uses those colours now.

What do kids these days look for down the beach? Sorry, forgot, they're not allowed out on their own any more.
( SteamedCleaner, Sun 9 Nov 2008, 12:01, Reply)