“Hey! At the bottom of the cliff to the right. What do you think this is?”
Lisa adjusted the focus on her binoculars. “Can’t tell. A bit of junk?”
They were supposed to be cataloguing the different bird species they could find along their stretch of beach, but the seagulls were tiresome, and the sandpipers were too fast, and the wind had whipped so much sand around that she would certainly be carrying another pound of it just in her hair. Lisa wanted to go home. She wanted a nice bath, dry clothes, and a hot cup of tea.
“Perhaps a miners’ rail box.” Deena, binoculars glued to her face and hair tucked under a maddeningly practical cap, seemed oblivious to the stinging sand or Lisa’s rumbling stomach.
“Not a bird,” Lisa tried.
“No, but sure is a mystery!” Deena rose and pointed at the narrow trail. “Let’s go investigate!”
For Crispina‘s Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Na'ama Yehuda 
Oh, I do hope they didn’t go down there. Those cliffs are unstable and the tide when high leaves no beach. Dangerous down there! Which is why no one has recovered the car
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Yeah, I can tell you for a fact that Lisa hoped they would not go down there … Perhaps she was able to convince Deena to reconsider leaving it for another day … 😉
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I was horrified to see someone had tried to climb down there… though not at that particular spot. But the evidence was clear. Maybe they were in company, and roped.
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Yeah … I agree that when it is too dangerous, people should heed warnings and not put themselves (and others – i.e. rescuers, if need be) in danger.
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But there is no signage on that stretch of cliff. It’s part of a farmland. To either side are holiday/caravan parks and they have signage. But not this stretch. We’re only walking here thanks to the goodness of the farmer. No right of way
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Then I hope people use common sense and not try to climb down an untested embankment …
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I hear you. And 99.9% of folks don’t. And it’s worse than untested. It is visibly crumbling
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Yeah. Can’t account for the 0.01% whose common sense is absent or crumbled … 😉
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Variety, they do say, is the spice of life
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ha! If they last long enough … 😉
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Some spices are short-lived
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LOL
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Let us hope Lisa has the strength of character to dissuade Deena from going down there and risking their necks!
Love your story!
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