Pat

Many elderly people visiting the sea tend to drive to the nearest beach car-park and enjoy the view through their windscreens. They may even take a walk along the promenade if the weather is good.

Not lifelong Bournemouth resident Pat. She may be ‘getting on a bit’ but likes to get ‘right up close’ to the sea. She has just popped to the beach on the way home from doing her shopping and told me that she goes every day if she can. She wasn’t very talkative but was happy to face me so I could take a shot. She then turned back to gazing out at the English Channel - quite a striking figure standing all alone in her long red coat and clutching a Poundland plastic bag.