An entertaining gentle tale of a group of strangers brought together by a love of swimming in the sea and outrage at a planning application to destroy their favourite swimming beach. Fab cast of characters with hopefully lots more to come as this is the first book in a series. Something a bit old worldly about it - a perfect read for a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Charming and heartwarming - before I knew it I was totally invested in the characters and their fight to save the beach.

I so love this book, great fun and laugh out loud moments. The scent of the surf and sound of gulls comes through combined with the smell of fish and chips and wet swim wear , what could be better .

Brace yourself for a group of people who are happy to swim in the English sea once or twice a day when it is high tide, sometimes in the early hours of the morning. As someone that recalls paddling in English seaside resorts as a child all I can say is these characters must be just slightly bonkers as the water is always freezing, that and its been snowing while I have been reading this.

As it so happens the characters you meet in this book are all just ordinary people, especially Deb and Maisie the main protagonists, who are the first two women we meet that happen to be there every day swimming when its high tide.

Whether they like it or not when they meet Anne, suddenly a club is being formed and soon there are a whole host of them that meet on a regular basis to swim and become friends. Maisie and Deb are in the prime of their lives, and you have a complete mix of people who enjoy swimming from the teenage, you busy mothers, to the elderly.

The book was originally published in three parts, and you can see that in the three parts the book is split into with each of part 1 and two ending on a mini cliffhanger to keep your reading. The first part focuses on the formation of the the club and largely works as a great introduction to all the characters, part two is about the beginnings of the fight to save the beach, and then part 3... well part 3 culminates all of this and much much more.

Even at Deb's age of a grandma in her sixties, i would almost describe this as a coming of age story for her, as she learns to stand on her own two feet after leaving her husband, and starting to figure out just who she is as an adult. There are some hilarious scenes early on with regards the temporary job she has taken on, and although at times I wasn't sure how much I liked Deb, but I could sympathise with her, and loved the development of her character.

I loved the ups and downs of this community and by the end I felt as though I was part of their club. Its a great story of the underdog, touches on assorted serious topics, but also some great comedy too. Just an all around enjoyable book.

Thanks to Trapeze and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.