There is a white desert not far from our cottage Sally
A white desert here by the sea
Yes
Can we visit it later today
Are you not tired after your long journey
No not really Anna
Then we shall depart within the hour
How far away is it
About a mile
Will I need special walking shoes
No trainers or normal soft shoes will do
This is amazing place
A white desert next to the sea
I can see its origins above us
These white cliffs are world famous
You can see them clearly from France
As we can see their cliffs across the channel
This area seems derelict
What was it in its former life
It was a military firing range up to few years ago
I believe a rifle club existed here as late as the 1980s
It looks like that it was abandoned many many years ago
That is the destruction of the sea
Every year a bit more goes
Another wall collapses
As you can see it is totally exposed here
You would think that a place like this
Would be bleak and without love
But the opposite is true
It is a spiritual place
Has anything awful happened here
Not to my knowledge
Why do you ask
I can feel ghosts here
We all feel these ghosts
I have a gift for you Sally
It is only a piece of driftwood
How sweet of you
Anna and I give the same gift to all our friends
And sometime I leave them for passers by
The message is always the same it never changes
What does it say
Be Happy
That is my message
Be Happy
Outlaw