best beaches

This header is a not very good shot of Hayling Island from West Wittering beach. When we visited a week ago the rain only stopped for a few hours and visibility was rubbish but inclement weather notwithstanding it would never make it into my top ten. A quick google had brought it up and it looked within good striking distance. The salt lagoon on the leeward side of the headland is a bonus but the beach is pretty ordinary. For the same distance I would make for Highcliffe or Hengistbury Head and for a bit more effort and a weekend away, Manorbier and Barafundle Bay are among the best these isles have to offer. We spent an idyllic weekend at Hurst House near Laugharne in the summer and I am pining to return. Just a niggling worry that without the balmy summer weather and the swallows dipping in under the eaves it would be reduced and I do hate to be disappointed.......