20 02 2011 PRE BEACH POST

HIYA...JUST LOGGED TO USE MY BLOG TO FIND THE THE TIDE TIMES AND WEATHER REPORT VIA THE BBC LINK.

IT INFORMS ME ...

LOW TIDE 10 58 AM

AT 0-5M

MAX TEMP 5

MIN TEMP 1

VISIBILITY GOOD.

MY "BIG" CAMERA HAS BEEN TAKING A POUNDING WITH STRONG WINDS AND SAND DAMAGE, SO THOUGHT I WOULD CHECK THE REPORT.

YESTERDAY'S PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN WITH MY "LITTLE" CAMERA ...A FUJIFILM FINEPIX A 805. IT IS SMALL AND EASILY FITS INTO A TOP POCKET OUT, OF THE WAY OF ANY ADVERSE WEATHER

HAVE A NICE SUNDAY.

THE BEACH IS CALLING.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON 19 FEB 2011

ARRIVED AT SEATON CAREW BEACH AROUND 7 AM
IT WAS AROUND 3 DEGREES IN TEMPERATURE.
IT WAS COLD AND WET.

LOTS OF TIMBER HAD BEEN WASHED UP AT THE BLUE LAGOON.

MAINLY TWIGS AND BRANCHES, SO POSSIBLY ALL WASHED DOWN RIVER RECENTLY AND PUSHED TO THE LAGOON BY THE INCOMING TIDE?

I CARRIED BONNIE DOWN BY THE NORTH SIDE OF THE NORTH GARE.

SOME OF THE WW2 BEACH DEFENCES,SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN PLACED ON SOME SUBSTANTIAL TIMBERS, MAYBE AT THE TIME THEY WERE PLACED THERE, THE SAND WAS SOFT AND THEY WERE SINKING INTO THE BEACH?

I WILL CONTACT TEES ARCHAEOLOGY

SOME OF THE TIMBERS HAD WHAT LOOKED LIKE STAINLESS STEEL WIRE RUNNING THROUGH THEM, AS IF THEY HAD BEEN TIED TOGETHER?

BEACH BUOY...

OLD TOWN BEACH 14 02 11

ARRIVED AT 4 10 PM ON WAY HOME FROM WORK

ON THE HUNT FOR SMALL PIECES OF DRIFTWOOD

THE BEACH IS NEAR HARTLEPOOL MARINA

WHERE OLD TOWN USED TO BE. THE BEACH WAS MAINLY SEA COAL

THERE WERE SOME NICE PIECES OF WOOD

I LIKE TO FIND PIECES WITH LOTS OF PATTERNS
ON THEM.



ARGHHHHH
BELOW
IS
AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH
THOUGHT TO BE A FAMILY CONNECTION
SADLY IT HAS ONLY APPEARED AS THE SIZE OF A POSTAGE STAMP
THE PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN AROUND THE AREA I WAS VISITING TODAY
ALL WE NEED IS A PC GURU TO TELL ME HOW TO MAKE THE IMAGE LARGE
FEEL FREE TO SAY ON COMMENTS OPTION



BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON 13 02 11

ARRIVED AROUND 7.2OAM, BELOW IS THE BLUE LAGOON.

THE WIND WAS VERY STRONG AND BLEW THE DRY SAND NORTH.

THE VIEW ON SEATON BEACH

BEACH BUOY,

ARRIVED AROUND 7 AM

IT WAS RAINING AS IT DID THE WHOLE WALK.

THE SKY STAYED DARK FOR MOST OF THE WALK TO THE BLUE LAGOON.
LOTS OF DRIFTWOOD HAD BEEN WASHED UP
SADLY NOT MUCH OF IT WAS ANY GOOD FOR
MY SEAGLASS/DRIFTWOOD THINGS.

BEACH BUOY

Shop

WAS GOING TO SAY NO BEACH TODAY... BUT DID GO ON,ON WAY TO WORK

ONLY FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK I CALLED IN TO A SHOP THAT I PASS EVERY DAY

BUT HAD NEVER BEEN IN.

IT WAS A FISHING TACKLE SHOP.

THE MAN IN THE SHOP WAS EVER SO HELPFUL

AND KEEN TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF FISHING I WAS DOING.

WHEN I EXPLAINED ABOUT THE SEA GLASS/ DRIFTWOOD COMBOS

HE WAS INTERESTED.

I HAVE TOLD HIM I WILL TAKE HIM ONE.

BELOW ARE SOME OF THE DIFFERING ITEMS

THAT I BOUGHT TODAY.

BEACH BUOY