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Thursday, 30 April 2026

30, APRIL 2026. SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL.

 


"Shall we go catch the sunrise?"

She wasn't impressed.

She enjoyed it once out.


It was just before the  sunrise when they arrived.
5-24.
Little Terns filled the air.
Gulls filled the car park.
It is free until 9 a.m.


Jackpot.
5-27.
They headed towards the sea.
Beach Buoy collected five suitable stones.


There was a very light breeze from the south west.
Out in the bay, the turbines blades seemed to face and turn to a different breeze?
The tide was a canny way out but the Seaton Carew Wreck was still all at sea.


The Sun cleared the horizon.



The Sun seemed to have put it's hat on.
Hip hip hip ...

There they were 5-38, sunglasses on and sunshine shadows for company.


Windows of Gold and a missing one in the attic.


A glance back to the north.


It was a clear sky.
Beach Buoy wandered along with his head in imaginary clouds.


They headed south towards Stubborn Dog Stack.
Skylarks sang clearly over then dunes.
Their song lifted already high spirits.


Best part of the day.


The tide was gradually heading out.


The Sea Serpent Marker.

They made their way to the low level route.
Beach Buoy added two Sturdy Stones to the sea defence.


"Morning Mate."
It was 5-58.
Beach Buoy added the five suitable stones.
He patted 
THE
stone.
He scattered some seeds incase he forgot to later.


Sit and think, with a coffee.
His mind switched to his mate Geoff.
He did make work fun.
Work days and Geoff days are gone now.
Breaktimes were a laugh.
Like comedy sketches.
They would rerun them over and over again.
They both knew their roll.
It could be "Fresh fish!", Laurel and Hardy.
Sanity Clause, or "Get you tootsy frootsy ice cream.!", Marx Brothers.
Invisible ball in a paper bag, Morecambe and Wise.
Sometimes it was their own "material."
Beach Buoy recalled one in particular.

Beach Buoy
"Tell you what job I'd like."

Geoff
"What's that?"

Beach Buoy 
"The person who photographs clocks and watches for magazines."

Geoff
"Why's that."

Beach Buoy 
"They only work one minute a day."

Geoff
"Eh?"

Beach Buoy.
"They must sit all day waiting for ten to two then go mad for a minute.
They always show them at ten to two."

Geoff
"They don't sit there!
They just move the hands you fool.
It's not hard!"

Back at the stack, Beach Buoy laughed out loud 
He could hear Geoff say it.
It was followed by silent tears.



On the beach below, the Council Tractor headed south.
It had a bucket of beach stones.
Some sturdy, some suitable no doubt.


A Ship left the river behind.


To the north the Tractor was down by the grey rocks.
Team One Black Ear were on the beach.

"See you mate."
Beach Buoy and Another Dog continued south.


Oddly, there weren't many Sand Martins in the air today.


Beach Buoy used a rank traps as a coffee table for a short while.
He searched the nearby shingle as once again, on a clear day, a distant fog buzzer buzzed.

They headed back.


A Crow was up at Stubborn Dog Stack, making use of one of the giant pencils as a lookout post.
It pleased Beach Buoy.


They returned to the north.
Not off to see the Wizard but a shipwreck.


Meanwhile back in Kansas...



A Crow asked for the password.
Beach Buoy bribed it with some of the remaining seeds.


A twitcher twitched.


The twitcher and his large camera headed to the wreck then north.


The wreck today.


A lovely start to the day.

BEACH BUOY.


Wednesday, 29 April 2026

29 APRIL 2026. SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL.

 

Wednesday morning.
6-38.
Beach Buoy and Another Dog reached Sandy Car Park.
The Sunderland was bright.
There was hardly a cloud in sight.
No doubt that the sunrise would have been spectacular.
A man passed by on the Esplanade as they began to go down the beach access ramp.
"Morning."
"Morning."

The sound of Little Terns filled the air.
They are easier to hear than catch sight of.


They headed towards the sea.
Beach Buoy collected five suitable stones as they walked.


To the south, The Beachcombing Border Collie Couple were heading back north.
They stopped and stopped as they progressed.

Behind them, further south were Team One Black Ear.

The lady with a black dog and a white dog overtook Beach Buoy.
"Morning."
"Morning."
Each of her big friendly dog held a driftwood stick tightly in their mouths.


The white dog ran into the sea.


There was a light breeze off the sea.
It was the first time this year that the sea actually smelt of the Ocean.
Maybe it was the combination of a slightly chilled sea breeze and the warmth of the Sun beginning to make it's presence felt?
Whatever the reason it smelt like summer.



"Morning Mate."
Beach Buoy added the five suitable stones.
He patted 
THE
stone.
He had intended to have a sit and a think, once that he had scattered some seeds for the Crows to enjoy later.
As he scattered the seeds, a Crow landed on one of the giant pencils.









They left the Crow to enjoy it's gifted meal
"See you mate.
See you Crow."
They returned to the low level route.


Breakfast is served.
They returned to the beach.

The breeze-rippled sea sparkled in the early morning sunlight.


Sea alley.
Once made from marble, so called marbles.
Once made from alabaster, so called alleys.
Even the glass one like this beauty are called alleys round these parts.

Mr. Gunn/Lunn stopped to chat.
Beach Buoy told him all about the message in a bottle excitement.
Excellent Dog Alfie trotted along.
Beach Buoy gave the lovely little dog a shoulder scratch.
The dog leaned into the scratch to offer assistance.







A Twitcher and his large-lensed camera stood by the Little Tern Fencing.



A Little Tern turned.


The Seaton Carew Wreck and the Village that names it beyond.


Crow crew taken flight.


The Wreck.


The wreck ...


A Little Tern goes fishing.

BEACH BUOY.


SEATON SNOOKS TEA ROOM OUT AND ABOUT CARD

 


Beach Buoy.

Tuesday, 28 April 2026