Best get this over with quick - like ripping off a plaster. I may or may not have booked and planned the whole holiday around a tiny shell (I stress,nobody can prove this and it's malicious gossip as far as I'm concerned)
First, let me introduce you to the 'Groatie Buckie'
That's him, nonchalantly perched on a pebble in a rock pool
These little blighters are devilishly tricky to locate and are said to be lucky if you do manage to track one down. Now I happen to be obsessed with looking for them when I visit Orkney so it was pure coincidence that I booked to stay not 5 minutes drive from the best beach on which to find them. The fact we visited it every day...and at low tide was not engineered in the slightest!!
Commence operation 'Hawkeye'
If only they were all perched in a limpet she'll rather than half hidden amongst a billion other small shells
The final collection (57 Groatie Buckies) if you're interested
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