The timeless pleasure of beach-walking and beach-combing is reflected in these poems about shells and pebbles, tides and rock pools, flotsam and jetsam. Time spent on a beach, whatever the weather, lifts the spirits. This collection is for everyone who loves to be beside the sea and finds it impossible to come back from the beach with empty pockets.

We both love bowls of pebbles and baskets of shells and have spent many happy hours pottering on beaches, so we hope our book will appeal not only to poetry lovers but to everyone who loves walking along beaches and finding treasure there.