Hidden gem.  ‘Crow Point’ a multifaceted, multicoloured biosphere on the Taw-Torridge Estuary, North Devon Coast.

The sea was calling me on Sunday 13th March 2016 – to a belated Mother’s Day walk with my two lovely boys.  Strictly no chocolates, cards, flowers or sentimental geegaws – just simple pleasures – found treasures – and a newly discovered appreciation of ‘Kasabian’ through the magic of Archie’s on-board Bluetooth; a TREAT of a day in an out of the blue way! 

From middle Devon there are so many beautiful beaches to choose from; a personal favorite of ours is a wild sanctuary on the North Devon coast. With my grown-up son ‘home’ for one precious day – we unanimously chose ‘Crow Point’ for our afternoon walk.

Both boys hold fond memories of visits to ‘Crow Point’ with their late Godfather David – together they spent many happy hours there.

‘Crow Point’ isn’t really a swimmer’s beach though – rather a walker’s paradise where even the detritus adds something to the experience…Late in the day, when the Sun is low and most people are going home – it is a wonderfully peaceful and atmospheric place to be; to find ‘treasure’ – or simply stop and stand and look out to sea…

The beach itself is reached at the end of a long, rolling wooden track over the sandy burrows…  

Here we go!  In search of treasure…

for Turquoise…

Pearl…

And Emerald…

Jet…

And Ruby, Amber and Amethyst…

and Sapphire home.

Diamonds forever.  Archie, David and Tom.

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On a previous visit to ‘Crow Point’ last Easter-tide – it wasn’t a black crow but a beautiful white swan that caught my eye – I’ve kept these images to myself long enough…

For me – this serene encounter brought back a joyful childhood memory of my own – of a special Easter egg that my parents gave to me; my elder sister had one too.  The impressive foil wrapped egg sat in the back of a beautiful cardboard swan-shaped box – and long after the chocolate had been gobbled, we played with those boxes until they disintegrated through overlove.