OK - I admit it. I'm a Twitcher! No, it's not some physiological affliction - I'm a dedicated birdwatcher. Now I'm nowhere near as bad as some fanatics, but I do like to go out with my binoculars once or twice a month to see what I can spot. My favourite places are usually on the coast, where I can sometimes find unusual birds that have been blown off course. The place I love best of all is a cliff top overlooking the beaches, some 35 miles away from where I live. It's difficult to get to and, especially in the midweek, there are very few other people around. Often I walk along the cliff-top path for a couple of hours and only meet one other person. I know the area really well, especially the hidden paths that lead down steep inclines towards the beach, some 150 feet below. Once you've left the main path, you're quickly hidden from view and can feel completely alone. It's wonderful.
I'd been owed a day in lieu at work, so had taken a Wednesday off in the middle of June. It was a bright, sunny morning, promising to turn into a scorcher. I set off early to the coast and parked in my usual spot. I noticed, with quiet happiness, that my car was the only one in the car park. It looked like I would have the clifftop pretty much to myself. I put my waterproofs in my rucksack (just in case the weather turned nasty in the afternoon), checked to make sure that I had enough drink and my packed lunch and then placed the rucksack on my back. Then, with my binoculars around my neck, I set off along the coastal path.
The sky was bright blue, with just wisps of cloud dotted around. The air was almost still, but walking along the cliffs meant that I caught just enough sea-breeze to avoid overheating. I stopped frequently to look around, checking out if I could see anything unusual or different and scanning the horizon and beach with my binoculars. As I rounded one corner, I came in sight of a small, secluded cove. On the tiny beach, I noticed a flash of colour. Looking through my binoculars, I saw that the colour came from a red and blue striped beach windbreaker that someone had set up. Although I was still quite some distance off, I could see that there were two people lying on the ground behind the windbreaker. They seemed to be a man and a woman, but that was all I could tell. I was a bit puzzled, though, by the way that they had placed the windbreaker. It was not really sheltering them from what little wind that there was on that sunny, calm day, but seemed to have been placed to cut off their view of the sea. I knew the area well and especially that this hidden cove was only accessible by walking for a mile or two along the beach. This couple had certainly chosen a great place for peace and quiet.
I carried on walking for about 10 minutes until I came to a junction in the paths. The main coastal path carried on ahead of me, but to the left was a narrow, winding track which eventually led down towards the sea. I knew from previous walks here, that about half way down there was a small flat plateau which was an ideal birdwatching place. From there you could look down to the sea and also up along the cliffs in both directions. There was a large slab of rock to sit on, which caught the sunlight and was a great place to relax and rest. I was in no particular hurry, so I decided to take the narrow track down the cliff. When I reached the plateau, it was just about perfect. Completely isolated, and the sun was beating down on the rock but still with a gentle breeze coming off of the sea. I sat down on the rock and scanned the cliffs with my binoculars.
As I looked down, I realised that I was now almost directly overhead of the couple in the tiny cove with the strangely placed windbreaker. From my vantage point some 50 feet above them, I could confirm that it was definitely a man and a woman, both looking as though they were in their late 20's and early 30's. They were both lying face down on towels on the beach, which was a mixture of sand and tiny pebbles. The man had short cropped dark hair and was wearing light blue swimming trunks, whilst the woman had long blond hair and was wearing a black bikini. Again, I looked at the windbreaker's position. From where they were lying, it blocked off all their view of the sea. It seemed strange that they had obviously taken a lot of effort to walk so far along the beach (I could still see their footmarks), and then made a deliberate effort to cut themselves off from the great view.
I was about to turn my attention to the sea, when the woman began to move. She turned over onto her back and then sat up. I could see now that her breasts in the bikini were pretty large, although overall she was slim, with long legs which had a rich golden tan. She reached into the bag beside her and brought out a bottle of suncream and began applying it. I knew that I shouldn't have kept looking at her through my binoculars, but she looked so lovely and it was hard to tear myself away. There hadn't been much to look at all morning and I'd begun to get a bit bored. I knew that, in the position where I was, she was unlikely to look up and see me, so I took a chance and stayed focussed on her as she massaged the suncream into her legs, working slowly up from her ankles, over her knees and onto her thighs. Then she began to cover her stomach. Suddenly, she reached around her back, undid her bikini top and lifted it off her heavy breasts. She dropped it to one side, lay back and then began to work suncream into her breasts, sliding across the nipples and around the full curves. There was no visible bikini mark, so it was clear she was used to sunbathing topless. Her breasts had the same rich golden tan as the rest of her body.