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| First parking Bay at Noses Point Dawdon / Seaham. Low tide was around 7-30 am .. it was now 9-30am. As you can see by the windsocks the wind and rain were strong. I had often wondered where the access was to the Chemical Beach. I had looked on Google earth and noticed a track down but over the fence. During a visit to the Blast Beach a few days earlier, I had a look at the Chemical Beach from above only , but knew I would be back soon.The weather was terrible and so was the access to be honest. Down a slippy grass bank it was, with the wear of use, creating a makeshift set of steps, but thanks to the rain the track needed caution. The track ends at some large irregular shaped sea defence rocks. In the dry these would be a challenge with odd angles and big drop in between them, in the wet it was a crawl, a jump, a bum slide and a clamber to cross the dark wet rocks to gain access to beach No.55 for the year. During my search for a track to the beach in the last few days, I came to realise this was the beach that the lifeboat George Elmy was washed back to shore in 1962 after the tragic events of the disaster. I cannot do the story justice, so see here The George Elmy 1962 |
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| First thing I did was lift my cap to the memories of all 9 of those lost in 1962. The view above is South. |
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| The incoming tide was rough. |
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| I love the old timbers. |
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| Looking North towards Seaham Harbour. |
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| Very little glass on this Beach, so trying your luck on the access route isn't worth it if it's Seaham glass you want. BEACH BUOY. |
