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Sunday 26 October 2014

GMT...EARLY MORNING SEAHAM GLASS HUNT...26 10 14.

LOOKING SOUTH.
 YOU SHOULD GO TO SEAHAM WHEN AND IF YOU CAN.
TRY TO GO AS THE TIDE IS GOING OUT.
IF YOU ARE NOT FINDING MUCH GLASS THEN KEEP STOPPING AT MOUNDS OF PEBBLES AND KNEEL AND SCRAPE. EVERY SCRAPE IS A NEW TIDE.
GOOD LUCK.

SEA GLASS SPOTTER.

EARLY MORNING SEA GLASS STEEPLECHASE.

5 ROCKS.

MORE.




BOTTLE TOP,DRIFTWOOD AND SEA METAL.


SOME THE BEST BITS.


THE REST.


BLUE SEAHAM SEA GLASS.



BEACHES ARE FANTASTIC.

SEAHAM IS SPECIAL FOR MANY MANY REASONS.
THE BACON BUNS ARE NICE TOO.

BEACH BUOY.


 

Saturday 25 October 2014

AFTER WORK WALK 25 10 14

SEATON CAREW BEACH LOOKING TOWARDS HARTLEPOOL'S
HEADLAND.

LOOKING FROM SEATON CAREW TOWARDS SALTBURN,

THE TIDE WAS DARK WITH SEACOAL,


A LARGE SHELL AND SOME LARGE SEA POTTERY.

THE OLD PIECE OF A BOWL HAD A FISH LIKE PATTERN ON IT......IF YOU TURNED IT ON IT'S SIDE.
SO THAT IS IT FOR AWHILE WITH THE AFTER WORK WALKS IN DAYLIGHT..
CLOCKS GO BACK TONIGHT,
 
BEACH BUOY,

Friday 24 October 2014

24 10 14....AN AFTER WORK BEACH WALK.

THE CLOCKS GO BACK AT THE WEEKEND, SO I WAS DRAWN TO THE BEACH AFTER WORK... TO SEE IT IN DAYLIGHT,AFTER A FEW UN BLOGGED NIGHT TIME WALKS ON THE BEACH.

BIT OF A SAND BANK.


LOTS OF SEAWEED AFTER RECENT STORMY SEAS.

 

FOUND SOME ODD POT.

NIGHT'S FINDS.

BEACH BOY

Monday 20 October 2014

SEATON CAREW BEACH NIGHT WALK 20 10 14

ANOTHER LATE NIGHT WALK ON SEATON CAREW BEACH.
THE TIDE WAS VERY LOW.
IT WAS ODD IN THE DARK AS THE TIDE SEEMED MUCH FURTHER OUT THAN NORMAL.
 
BEACH BUOY.

Sunday 19 October 2014

DRIFTWOOD SMILES AND SEATON CAREW BEACH 19-10-14.

DRIFTWOOD SMILES.

MORE IN PROGRESS.

SEATON CAREW, ABOUT AN HOUR UNTIL DARK.

GERMAN SHEPARD OWNERS WALK.

THE STRONG WINDS HAD TAKEN ALL OF THE SOFT SAND.


THE STRONG WINDS EXPOSE GEMS LIKE THIS...


IT WAS A SUNDAY

CHILL TIME.



 
 
 
BEACH BUOY.

Saturday 18 October 2014

DUSK 'TIL DARK SEATON BEACH WALK 18 10 14.

THE BEACH TOWARDS SEATON CAREW ....DUSK.



THE DOG WAS SPOOKED BY SOMETHING IN THE DARKNESS AND WANTED A CARRY.
DID MY BEST TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH AT SAME TIME.

THE DISTANT LIGHTS OF THE RIVER TEES.


BACK TOWARDS SEATON CAREW.... AFTER PASSING A BEACH FISHERMAN IN THE DARK.


 
 
BEACH BUOY.
 
:-(


31 MILES TO WASHINGTON.18 10 14

WHEN I WAS A CHILD MY FATHER TOLD ME
THAT WHEN ANYONE GOES ON THE BEACH  ALONE IN THE DARK
MAYBE TO CHECK THE PEGS (A METHOD OF CATCHING FISH.)
THEY SHOULD TAKE TWO TORCHES
SO THAT FROM THE SHORE
PEOPLE MAY THINK THERE WAS TWO PEOPLE ON THE BEACH AND THAT THERE WOULD BE LESS CHANCE OF THEM COMING AND TRYING TO STEAL THE FISH,
AFTER LAST NIGHT'S MYSTERY MAN ON THE  BEACH...
I BOUGHT A SECOND TORCH, ONE THAT WOULD HANG ON MY COAT AND FROM A DISTANCE IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TWO PEOPLE.
IT HAD BEEN A LOVELY WEATHER DAY BUT THE SEA WAS ROUGH AS A STORM WAS ON THE WAY.
THE DOG AND I WALKED TO THE BEACH
AND LIT THE TWO LIGHTS
THE NIGHT WAS WARM BUT THE SEA WAS ROUGH AND SOUNDED FANTASTIC AS WE APPROACHED THE TIDE.
ODDLY UPTO THE SOUTH THE WAS ANOTHER TORCH MAN ON THE BEACH.
THEN TO THE NORTH THERE WAS A FLASHY LIGHT THE ON BEACH SIMILAR TO THOSE USED ON CYCLES.
A NO TORCH/HI VIZ COAT MAN PASSED BY AT SOME DISTANCE.
THE BEACH WALK WAS RELAXING
AS I CAME OFF THE BEACH AND JOINED THE PROM ANOTHER MAN APPEARED FROM THE SHADOWS.
"WHAT ARE THOSE LIGHTS?"
IT TURNS OUT HE WAS A SINGER WHO HAD COME TO SEATON CAREW IN THE DARK
TO SING AT A LOCAL PUB.
HE THOUGHT ALL THE SHIPS ANCHORED OFFSHORE AND THEIR LIGHTS WAS ANOTHER TOWN, ACROSS THE WATER.
WE CHATTED ABOUT DOGS,WORK,THE SEA ,THE RIVER AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS 31 MILES FROM WHERE HE LIVED IN WASHINGTON TO SEATON CAREW,  THEN IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO GO AND SING .
HE SHOOK MY HAND AS HE SAID GOODBYE.
IT WAS A GOOD CHAT,
 
 
BEACH BUOY.
 
:-(
 

Friday 17 October 2014

RED SEA GLASS.

FOUND THIS RED GLASS TODAY.
GUESS I NEED TO CLEAN SHED WINDOWS!

 
 
BEACH BUOY.
 
:-(
 
 
 


ROUGH SEA,CALM DAY AND RED SEA GLASS. 17 10 14. SEATON CAREW.

SEATON BEACH WITH HARTLEPOOL HEADLAND IN THE DISTANCE.

SUPER!




HE LIKES A CHILL.

SUN, SEA,SAND,SURF,SKY AND SEAGLASS.


THE CHOPPY SEA MEANS LOTS OF SEAWEED ONSHORE.



INTO PORT.
THE TEES.




SEATON CAREW BAY.




THE NORTH SEA.




THE FINDS.

CLOSE UP.
I THOUGHT I HAD LOST THE RED SEAGLASS.
IT ENDED UP IN MY POCKET.

SEA POTTERY.

BEACH BOUY.