[Pedro the Fisherman]

Hi Pedro.
Does the girl in the back ground just sit there or does she also get her kit off? She looks rather lovely.

No, she was a 'stroppy teen' daughter who remained in her swimsuit all the time.

As far as my 'retirement' is concerned, it's equipment problems mainly, my existing camera a Sony Cybershot DSC-T300 suffers from a known fault, that when it gets hot, the glue holding the stabiliser goes soft, causing the lens to vibrate.

The batteries are also dead, but I do not want to buy new batteries, for a camera I can only use on 'chilly' beach days. I have looked at what is on the market (internal 5x Optical zoom) and there is nothing to come near, except those waterproof cameras who all have a terrible (100 shot) battery life! Even if I had the money (which I don't), I have yet to find a camera up to the job. Almost all modern digitals have external zooms, this is impossible, both for secrecy and sand reasons!

So that is why I am probably not going to continue with this pastime, blame the camera makers!

Thanks for the comments though, if any camera guru has any ideas, I am open to suggestions!