MIDDLETON ,SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON 31 10 10

THE CLOCKS WENT BACK TODAY

I WAS UP FAR TOO EARLY

AND ENDED UP AT MIDDLETON FOR STARTERS

LATER I WENT TO SEATON CAREW AND THE BLUE LAGOON.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON 30 10 10

I started out at Seaton Carew around 7 am

but it was dark until I got to The Blue Lagoon.

Below are some photographs of The Blue Lagoon...

Once i had crossed over The North Gare Pier

I returned to Seaton Carew Beach and found a part of a Clay Pipe.

Beach Buoy...

Post 100...Seaham

BELOW

THE VIEW SOUTH TOWARDS SEAHAM PIER.
THE VIEW NORTH.

BELOW ... TEMPTATION, TO SEARCH FOR SEA GLASS
BUT COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS.

CAN YOU SEE THE SEA GLASS?

SOME OF THE DAY'S FINDS.

BEACH BUOY

SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON 24 10 10

ARRIVED EARLIER THAN USUAL

I SAW THE ELDERLY GENT BELOW

ENJOYING HIS MORNING WALK.

BELOW ANOTHER GROUPING OF SEA WOOD SCATTERED ON THE BLUE LAGOON.

BEACH BUOY.

SEAHAM

BEEN TO SEAHAM AGAIN

I TIMED THE VISIT FOR LOW TIDE

BUT AS THE WIND WAS SO STRONG

THE WIND BLOWN SAND HAD SCATTERED ACROSS THE PEBBLED AREAS WHERE THE IT'S BEST TO LOOK FOR SEA GLASS

SO WITH HINDSIGHT PERHAPS IT MAY BE BEST TO TIME FUTURE VISITS

AS THE TIDE GOES OUT

BUT CARE MUST BE TAKEN AS THE WAVES AT SEAHAM CAN BE VERY VERY WILD.

DESPITE THE WIND BLOWN SAND PROBLEM... WITH A BIT OF SCRAPPING PLENTY OF GLASS WAS FOUND.

BELOW THE DAY'S FIND INCLUDING A BRASS G FOR GLASS

THE BEAUTY BELOW WAS BURIED IN SAND AND LOOKED LIKE A SHELL.

A LADY CAME AND ENQUIRED WHAT I WAS DOING

BENT OVER SEARCHING ON THE BEACH.

"SEA GLASS" I REPLIED

SHE SAID THAT IT WAS HER FIRST SEA GLASS HUNT AT SEAHAM

SHE TOLD ME OF A BEACH UP NORTH WHERE LARGE GLASS CAN BE FOUND

BUT TOO BIG TO MAKE JEWELLERY
MUST GO !!!!

THERE WAS A NICE VARIETY OF COLOURS TODAY...

SEA GLASS LOOKS STUNNING WHEN WET
BUT CAN LOOK DULL WHEN DRY

I HAVE RUBBED A FEW PIECES WITH OLIVE OIL

AT THE MOMENT THEY HAVE KEPT THEIR SHINE

BEACH BUOY.

Middleton 20 10 10

I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO WORK AS COUPLE OF MINUTES FROM MIDDLETON BEACH

I POPPED DOWN THERE TODAY ON TH WAY HOME FOR A QUICK LOOK

THE TIDE WAS VERY HIGH

I FOUND A FEW PIECES OF SEA GLASS

ON THE RAMP LEADING TO THE WATER

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON 17 SEPT 2010

ARRIVED 7-01AM

IT WAS A BIT OF A FROSTY MORNING

AND THE WARM SEA SEEMED TO BE STEAMING IN THE COLD CRISP MORNING AIR.

THE ALOMOST CLOUD FREE SKY

WAS STREAKED WITH AEROPLANE'S VAPOUR TRAILS.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW BEACH 16 10 2010.

ARRIVED AROUND 7 AM

IT WAS STILL DARK

HAD A BIT OF A WANDER WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO SHOW.

HEADED ALONG THE BEACH

BONNIE AND I WERE CAUGHT BY A RAIN STORM

AS BONNIE IS VERY OLD AND SOAKED TO THE SKIN WE HEADED BACK.

AS WE DID SO THE SUN CAME OUT AND PRODUCED SOME NICE COLOURS

SEE BELOW

BELOW SHOWS MY EFFORT WITH MY CAMERA'S

PANORAMA OPTION

ERR

TROUBLE IS I WENT FROM RIGHT TO LEFT INSTEAD OF LEFT TO RIGHT

OPPPSSSSS

I FOUND A FEW PIECES OF SEA GLASS

A COUPLE OF NICE PIECES ARE FEATURED IN THE PHOTOGRAPHS BELOW.

A BOTTLE BASE BY CANNINGTON & SHAW OF ST.HELEN'S
DATING BETWEEN 1866 & 1913

&

A NICE DARK BLUE PIECE OF SEA GLASS.

BEACH BUOY.