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| The day started around 7-15am at Seaton Sands, Hartlepool. A hat was worn partly due to the cold and partly to bed head. |
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| The colours were pale and the air was fresh. |
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| This piece caught my eye; not red sea glass as such but glass coloured red. |
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| The Sun tried to make a show. |
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| A larger than usual shell for around here ... then a question as yet unanswered filled my head; Do the the marking show the shells age? A bit like growth rings on a tree. |
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| A stunning bottle top just laid there waiting to be picked up! How long as it sailed the seven seas? It must have been off a very small bottle? Perhaps a perfume bottle or expensive medicine in such a small bottle? |
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| I said farewell to the Beach .... for now! |
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| The Seaton Carew finds. |
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| After a Hot Soak I went for the daughter's dog so that he could come for a day out too.... I had a Bun. |
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| After a tip off of a new statue I headed for North Shields. |
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| A new Beach to me down at North Shields. |
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| Perhaps the same Beach Divided by a a Pier type thing down near the Lifeboat Station. |
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| The aforementioned Pier type thing. |
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| The main reason of my visit; The new Fishermen's Memorial, for those lost to the Sea. It was crowded with people and dogs. I was determined to get a photograph free of them. Unlike me, I mixed in with the locals and when an elderly lady (More elderly than me.) commented to her companion that it wasn't there a Month ago, I chipped in to say it was unveiled last week and even got my phone out, to show her Tommy / 11-01 at Seaham by the same artist, she seemed touched when I told her the story of Tommy. Then I got talking to a man who said he was from the same village as the Artist. He went to stroke the dogs, I warned him my dog was a bit grumpy; he then then looked up and said "Speaking of Grumpy here's the wife." as a lady approached us. |
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| My patience paid off; a fitting tribute, |
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| Buoy oh buoy etc etc and an Ice cream Van. |
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| A ship slipped past. |
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| I went to the Ice Cream Van. I asked for a Hard Cornet and a Flake. The lady corrected me to say "You mean a Sugar Cone?" I explained that I was from Hartlepool and we called them a Hard Cornet. She chipped into say "You will be wanting Monkey's blood too then!" she was right. We then engaged in a conversation about the Hartlepool Monkey Legend. I enjoyed the chats I had today; made me feel normal. |
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| Clouds over the Tyne threatened rain..... but not just yet. |
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| I walked along to overlook the beach down at Tynemouth. I had two drunks for company ; putting the world to rights with an empty bottle of red wine laid nearby. |
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| Make that two drunks and a Seagull. Oh and some ladies from London, which drew the attention of the Drunks when the ladies came over and said there was a doorbell to ring on the cliffside overlooking the Beach below. |
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| I cut across on the way back to the car to have a look at this building. |
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| I called into Seaham on the way back. The rain arrived as I did!. |
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| I waited with the help of a Scone and a Coffee from Tonia's at Seaham Hall Beach Car Park. |
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| The rain hadn't stopped but had eased a little. So we went to the Beach, after all we all had coats.(Me and 2 dogs.) |
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| The rain started stopping! |
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| The Sun and double rainbows came to visit. |
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| I had headed towards Ryhope but stopped at the Stack as the tide was coming back in. |
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| The Seaham finds; more Bottle tops than glass. I had a Guinness to celebrate a grand day despite everything that goes on in my world. |
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| In the end Italy won 2-1. Be Happy. Yes YOU ! BEACH BUOY. |
