WITTERING: A LOVE STORY

[Karan]:  I have been catching up on Twitter today, having been working on the showroom with Ian all day yesterday, and I noticed a Tweet from @ScarlettaMedia that said: "At the beach at Wittering glorious feels like summer! Well just for 1 day..." @ScarlettaMedia was kind enough to Tweet a Twitpic of the beach just for me, and then the envy just overtook me! 

You see, it all started way back in June 1989 when I first met Ian.  Ian and his family had been holidaying in the little village of Wittering since he was a boy, and he took me there shortly after we met; and a love story began; in more ways than one.  The Witterings (ie: East and West Wittering) are about 8 miles south of our equally beloved Chichester, and are kind of quaint but, above all, they're quiet!  Ian and I try very hard to get down there as often as possible for a "Wittering Fix" because it's so calm and beautiful.  We also have family who live down that way, and it's always a blast when we get together - which is never often enough or for long enough for our liking.

We have camped many, many times in Scotts Holiday Village in either a static caravan or - dammit! - under canvas with the bugs and critters, but it's always been fun and glorious.  We have hijacked West Wittering beach en masse for extended family days and BBQ's many, many times.  We've had the kids' lips turn blue when the sea wasn't quite as warm as we'd have liked.  We've had family members (you know who you are) running into the sea - fully made-up - but in their bra and knickers, as they'd forgotten their swimsuit.  I've fallen asleep sunbathing on the beach and woken up like a rock lobster, but only on the one side as no one thought to, at least, turn me over!  We've hiked all the way around East Head (about 2 miles of sand dunes) in flip flops, but it's all worth it because West Wittering beach is stunning, and on a glorious sunny day, you could be anywhere else in the world.

As you may have gathered by now, Ian and I love - LOVE - Wittering, and we have successfully brainwashed our children into appreciating the glory that is West Wittering beach.  Can you tell that I'm ever so slightly jealous that @ScarlettaMedia is there, and I - regrettably - am not.  Once our new kitchen showroom has been officially launched and opened to the public however, we shall make a point of returning to recharge our batteries, before too long!  Brace yourself Chichester, we're on our way....