brokenhalo wrote:haha. this thread is great! so no horseshoe crabs on british beaches. you learn something new every day.
i usually take my summer vacation in wildwood, new jersey. if there is a rainstorm, horseshoe crabs and other things wash up on the beach. they can get pretty big, with shells measuring a good 10" across. it's fun to throw them back in the ocean if you've been drinking ^_~
Exactly where I was - Wildwoods. A crazy place. We live in London, and took a vacation in New York, but living in a city you don't want to spend your whole holiday in another one, so we stayed in the awesome old doo wop-style Caribbean Motel. It was off-season so a bit odd, but we got the whole motel to ourselves, and a car show on the boardwalk meant there was a bit of life.
I also saw an amazing old building on Pacific or Atlantic avenue stuffed to the ceiling with junky old beach-front decor from the past, and there some old arcade cabs tucked in there. I'd love to have access to that wonderful pile of junk!