I hear and smell the beach before I see it.
The air still carries a charge from the storm.
A primary school teacher once told me that small children are noticeably more excitable during a storm
If the knot is undone, turn for home. If the knot remains, keep walking.
The Smell of Water 
Ironopolis, My wife was an art teacher and she said in windy weather and storms the children were always supercharged. lovely photographs again, the long view of the pier is super. I remember when it was longer with a sort of banjo end, we used to go to fish for mackerel in the summer and cod in the winter. All the best, John
I was a teacher for 20 years. Windy and stormy weather really drove the kids wild. I was there. I have the scars.
it’s not just kids Rhys, having worked on the sea and lived beside it for much of my life, I get a real thrill being in a storm. Nowadays I’ve also come to appreciate the joy of a lovely big coat.
I must confess, I love a bit of extreme weather