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Nice beach day
By adamg on Sat, 01/11/2020 - 2:17pm
Eileen Murphy spotted some people enjoying the beach off N Street in South Boston today.
Meanwhile, up on the Charles River, just upstream from the Arsenal Street bridge, some geese just couldn't be bothered to try out the water:
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N Street beach
not Pleasure Bay. You can see the yacht clubs in the background.
Fixed
Thanks.
M Street Beach
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Good day to take advantage of the wind
Gary C. reports he spotted 12 kite surfers in the air off Castle Island and another 12 on the ground getting ready to go in the air:
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