One of my favourite features of living year-round on the beach is watching those who pass through our midst each year, and while I've told you about the traveller seen on down the road, this time, it's in my own backyard. Literally.

Ok, I am a little off the beaten path so news gets to me last around here, but another sign of an awakening beach, I snapped this photo of these two tourists, two I hadn't seen before, sitting in the chill wind of the +2C today, bundled up in their burley overcoats -- the one on the right is practically disappearing into the folds of it!

Cheer up folks, Sue tells me we're forecast for 21C any day now ... honest.

So -- can anyone tell me about these two? They looked like two New York City bargain hunters waiting for a cross-town bus sitting in their grey flannels, taking an occasional break from their private thoughts to share a syllable or two. Likely common as borcht too, but if I have ever seen them before, I've never seen them tucked and fluffed quite like this!