It was a hot summer night and the beach was burnin

Everyone must, at some point in their life, stay out too late.

The best time to stay out too late is a night like this.

The best place to stay out late, is a beach on a day like this.

Sometimes, the best people to stay out late with are family.

The day has been hot, very hot, but tonight there was the slightest breeze.

I took a bimble to the beach, and barring a Dad walking on the beach with his son; another Dad watching his wife play with the dog, and both watching their boys play in the water, the only other people were a group of youngsters.

I smiled as I walked past the youngsters who were all earnestly stamping out a fire, and picking up their rubbish, all the while shouting at each other, and breaking the silence.

I remember a night like that, a little later than this, and I left the pub with 5 lads who all lived on the same road as me. We had had a good night in the pub, and to be honest, didn't want it to end. The Pub owner was kind enough to give us a crate of beer, and the 6 of us headed to the beach.

We picked up driftwood and built ourselves a fire, and sat down around it, with the noise of the sea ebbing out, and the far off noise of the occasional car and our laughter.

In summer, the sky never really goes dark, there is a light hue in the sky that stays until dawn, and we sat that night, until the light hue in the west, was matched but a light hue appearing in the east.

And we yawned and walked home.

What a great night

Mum wasn't terribly impressed