Five walks, and which of them the tide decides

Two of these cross ground that is only there for a few hours a day. The tide board by the boot room is the one to read, not a phone: phones are often an hour out here and the water is never wrong.

The Point

Out along the tideline to the point and back the same way. Passable either side of low water and not at all in between. The tide board by the boot room is the one to read, not your phone.

Tide decides it

The old lifeboat slip

4.1 km

1 h 10

Mussel Scar

Short, flat, and only there for two hours either side of low water. Take the boots by the door rather than your own shoes.

Tide decides it

The second groyne

2.6 km

45 min

The Links

Behind the dunes the whole way, so it works in weather that shuts the beach. Rabbits, skylarks, and one stretch of gorse that smells of coconut in May.

Any state of tide

The white gate above the ninth

6.8 km

1 h 50

Hide and Back

Twenty minutes to the hide, as long as you like in it, twenty minutes home. Binoculars live on the shelf in the boot room and do not need asking for.

Any state of tide

The hide itself

3.2 km

55 min

Village Loop

Out by the lane, back by the shore. The shop shuts at one on a Wednesday and the pub does not do food on a Monday.

Any state of tide

The bench by the church

5.4 km

1 h 25