Lepe Beach lies at the mouth of the Beaulieu River estuary, on the south coast of England - it's the area I grew up with. Gypsy Lane and Inchmery are a little further upriver, then Brickyard Creek; there's a small boatyard, and the other side of the river is Gull Island. Lately, the saltmarshes have been dying back and eroding, but such places are always in a state of flux, so hopefully they'll be back. Still further up river lies Gilbury and, across the river from it, Bucklers Hard. The outer banks are on the seaward side of the River, beyond Gull Island, and are only exposed at low spring tides.

Life and how to live it
Lepe, 1930 		He tried to do his best, but he could not
Clifftop at Lepe 		They're nihilists, Donny
Coastguard Cottages 		All your best one-liners, stolen from a film
Windy day 		Beliefs are odd
Brickyard Creek
We leave the castle
Gilbury 		What's become of the baby?
Gilbury 		Keep cool, dry, and away from children
Inchmery 		Chunky monkey
Brickyard 		Ask the sky, and ask the sky
Brickyard
I believe my throat hurts
Brickyard 		Goodness had nothing to do with it
Brickyard 		More is more
Brickyard 		What is this, a circus or somethin'?
Brickyard 		Tomato Soup Therapy
Brickyard
Who wants flies?
Brickyard 		Major catastrophe
Brickyard 		The feng-shui consultant
Brickyard 		Da Cosmik Enginear
Brickyard 		Giggling Acid Survivors
Brickyard
Girls Against Sausages
Brickyard 		Chyme
Brickyard 		Jonathon Boatrace
Brickyard 		Hooting Whelk & The Veggies
Sunset at Lepe 		Two lemon meringues and an ashtray
Sunset at Lepe
Last great american whale
Lepe House 		Great Witch Hill
Lepe Marsh 		They're going wild, the call came in
Lepe sunset 		12,000
Cliff face 		I believe in coyotes, and time as an abstract
Gypsy Lane
I'm drowning, me
Rock Samphire 		Gotta let this hen out!
Lepe House 		There was an old man from Peru
White House 		Such noisy cats are we
September sunset 		Farewell to Otis
September sunset
H664 BGD
October sunset 		boiled sea-monster
October sunset 		I know I'm gonna fly
Outer banks 		There is a tide in the affairs of men
October sunset 		Irn-Bru pyramid
October sunset
Naturally, Lepe has been a subject for many postcards over the years; here are a few from days gone by. Most will have been taken by local photographer Edward Mudge.

Rod Stewart's tour of Scotland
Looking westwards 		Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline
Sea Shanty 		Ollie & Hooch
Summer crowds 		Chateuneuf-du-Pape
Summery day 		There's no there there
Stormy day
 
when logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead
Coastguard Cottages 		Choose life
Inchmery road 		Michuocan
Summer day 		Feed your head
Summer day 		Thompson's Seedless - the choice of the professional
Summer day