Sam trudged through the deep sand and made his way to the edge of the water, where the moist, firm sand gave him a better footing.

He turned northeast and crossed the firmer sand towards the Pigeonhouse.

A stroll back and forth on the fine-grained, firm sand of the beach can happily take more than an hour.

Holding hands, they walked on the damp, firm sand at the water's edge.

Approximately 28 miles of the one way trip was by rowing different boats, and the rest by walking along the firmer sand along the beach.

The slope of the firmer sand tilted his body towards the sea, and the bruised face was averted in an almost conscious gesture.

He swerved through another knee-deep rivulet, leapt up the other side on to firm sand, and swung round.

In the three days since setting out they had covered twenty miles, walking unhurriedly over the lanes of firmer sand that wound along the bed.

Ten feet from the water's edge he began to run, and stumbled across the loose bricks to the firmer sand.

Start on wet sand Do your first beach run on the wet, firm sand near the water.