A LATE WALK ON THE BEACH AT HARTLEPOOL HEADLAND

I WAS NEEDING A BEACH WALK SO I HEADED FOR HARTLEPOOL'S HEADLAND.

I DIDN'T TAKE THE CAMERA OUT OF THE CAR WHILST I WAS THERE

BUT TOOK THIS SHOT ACROSS HARTLEPOOL BAY FROM SEATON CAREW ON MY WAY HOME

10 PM AND STILL LIGHT ...BLISSWHEN I LOOKED IN THE DIRECTION OF WHITBY THE MOON LOOKED STUNNING.

THE HEADLAND FINDS... SOME NICE BROWNS AND AN ODD RED CURVE.

MUCKY MIXTURE

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VARIOUS SHADES OF GREEN.

BEACH BUOY.

SEA GLASS AND SEA POTTERY.

I HAVE BEEN MESSING ABOUT WITH MY STOCK OF SEA GLASS.

MADE MYSELF A BRACELET IN THE COLOURS OF THE MIGHTY HARTLEPOOL UNITED.

I BOUGHT THE ITEMS SHOWN BELOW FROM A SUPERMARKET
IN MOLFETTA, ITALY.

BEEN DRILLING MORE GLASS FOR KEY RINGS.

AND A BIT OF SEA POTTERY F

BEACH BUOY.

ITALY

HAVE RECENTLY RETURNED FROM A VISIT TO SEE FAMILY

IN ITALY.

BELOW

BARI.MOLFETTA.

TRANI

IT WAS HOT.

BEACH BUOY.

WIRE WRAPPED SEA GLASS

I FOUND THIS LINK WITH A GUIDE TO WIRE WRAPPING OF SEA GLASS

http//www.clevernesting.com/2010/02/wire-wrapped-sea-glass-earrings-tutorial/

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website

http://www.hartlepoolcoastal.com/

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SKODA & ..... SEAHAM

BACK IN 1973 WHEN SKODAS WERE SKODAS

AND VW WAS VW, MY FATHER BOUGHT HIS ONE AND ONLY EVER NEW CAR.

A SKODA 100MB...I THINK THE PRICE WAS £825.

THE COLOUR WAS HARVEST GOLD (ORANGE).

WE WENT OUT ONE SUMMER'S NIGHT FOR A DRIVE AND ENDED UP AT SEAHAM.

THIS WAS MY FIRST VISIT TO SEAHAM.

WE HAD A LOOK AROUND THE DOCK AREA AND FOUND THE PAPERS BELOW

ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE SITE OF AN EARLIER BONFIRE.

"KEEP THEM, THEY'RE OLD" DAD SAID.

I DID AND HAVE.

BEACH BUOY.

NOSE'S POINT AND SEAHAM HALL BEACH

I WAS GIVEN THE CHANCE TO HEAD FOR SEAHAM

GONE.........................

I DECIDED TO HAVE A BETTER LOOK AT THE BEACH AT NOSE'S POINT, SEAHAM.

IT HAD BEEN RAINING ALL DAY LONG AT THE HOME PORT

AND IT WAS STILL RAINING WHEN I SET OFF FOR SEAHAM.

THE BEACH IS REALLY ODD .

A MIXTURE OF PAST DUMPING

BROWN SAND,GRAVEL PEBBLES AND ROCKS.

THE WAY THE DIFFERENT SIZE STONES ETC WERE SCATTERED

AROUND, LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THE ROUGH SEAS THAT CAN BE EXPERIENCED AT SEAHAM HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT?

THERE ARE SOME NICE CLIFFS.

I WONDER HOW LONG THIS STACK WILL REMAIN STANDING AFTER A RECENT ROCKFALL?

BELOW SOME WW2 BEACH DEFENCES.

BELOW ...THE SCENE AT SEAHAM HALL BEACH.

THE TIDE WAS HIGH AND AS USUAL A T SEAHAM WAS TRYING TO CATCH YOU OUT TO GIVE YOU A GOOD SOAKING.

NOT LONG AFTER THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN

THE RAIN CAME... AND I WENT

NOT MUCH TO WRITE HOME ABOUT...THE FINDS

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DRILLING

Someone was kind enough to bring me a piece of sea glass

into work.

I have made a keyring with it...see below. I will give them the keyring on Monday.

I have also been drilling some other sea glass.

BEACH BUOY.

BLAST BEACH ... Seaham

ON THE WAY HOME TO SUNNY SEATON...

JUST AS YOU LEAVE THE NORTH OF SEAHAM FRONT

YOU SHOULD SEE A SIGN FOR NOSE'S POINT

IT LEADS TO THE BLAST BEACH SHOWN BELOW.. I HAD NEVER BEEN DOWN TO THE BLAST BEACH

AND ON THIS OCCASION ONLY HAD 5 OR 10 MINS TO HAVE A LOOK.

I FOUND ABOUT 6 PIECES OF GLASS.

THE STEEP CLIMB BACK TO THE CAR PARK..

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Seaham ...Yes AGAIN!

On Sunday 29th of May 2011

a visit was made to Seaham Car Boot Sale.

I am not big lover of Car Boot Sales,but as you know I love Seaham

and it's beaches.

Below is the view from the edge of the Car Boot field.The Beach proved to be a bit of a Sun trap and was sheltered from the very strong wind
by the high cliff side.

Now that's what i call putting your feet up.













There were some people sea glass hunting... bent double.


I sometimes like to find an area like below


and go the sit & scrape route.

Sorry photograph a bit blurry
























A nice Green Piece in Situ... almost begging to be collected.












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