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| It was around 4-30pm. Before I set off from the house, I had noticed a Coastguard Helicopter travelling the length of the Beach. By the time I arrived at the Beach,it was over the River Tees. My phone camera unable to catch a clear shot of it. The Day was a pale colour day ,the tide was well out and heading out more. I chose to walk about mid-distance between the strand line and the receding North Sea, as I headed South to the North Gare Pier which sits and stretches at the mouth of the Tees. Before too long it became apparent that the Sea had left a lot of shingle patches on it's last high tide visit. Shingle usually means finds, and it wasn't any different today thank goodness. |
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| This Blue and White Sea Alley was the find of the day; nestled amongst shingle of roughly the same size. You would rarely find one just laying randomly on the sand. I often think, whilst searching for Sea Alleys and the like, that it must be a million to one chance to find one, but then convince myself that there must be a million pieces of shingle... so you never know. |
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| Another glistening Sea Alley jumped out from dull, but multi-coloured shingle. Once again see that it is with shingle of a similar size. So make that two million pieces of shingle! |
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| The Dog seemed to mirror my smug face in finding two Sea Alleys. |
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| As my shed is bursting to the seams with sea glass and sea pottery, I am being more picky about what I keep now. The pieces above are those that I left behind at North Gare for others.... I cannot not pick them up, so I bag them and filter the keepers and leavers as I go. It is hard leaving finds behind but I need to cut down and you never know I may make someone's day now and again when they come across the leavers. |
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| I found this broken glass stopper on the way back, it must have been a larger than the usual as it was sturdy. |
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| Here are the Keepers. Some nice pieces. I think the S is off SHANKS VITREOUS CHINA possibly off an bathroom sink or Toilet. I am so Lucky to live 5 minutes form a Beach that gives up so many worthless but at the same time priceless intriguing finds. BEACH BUOY. |
