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Saturday 30 September 2017

A DAY AS ME ... VARIOUS BEACHES. 30 SEPT 2017.

The day started around 7-15am at Seaton Sands, Hartlepool.  A hat was worn partly due to the cold and partly to bed head.

The colours were pale and the air was fresh.

This piece caught my eye; not red sea glass as such but glass coloured red.

The Sun tried  to make a show.

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.

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?

I said farewell to the Beach .... for now!

The Seaton Carew finds.

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.

After a tip off of a new statue I headed for North Shields.

A new Beach to me down at North Shields.

Perhaps the same Beach
Divided by a a Pier type thing down near the Lifeboat Station.

The aforementioned Pier type thing.

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.

My patience paid off; a fitting tribute,

Buoy oh buoy etc etc and an Ice cream Van.

A ship slipped past.

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.

Clouds over the Tyne threatened rain..... but not just yet.

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.

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.

I cut across on the way back to the car to have a look at this building. 

I called into Seaham on the way back.
The rain arrived as I did!.

I waited with the help of a Scone and a Coffee from Tonia's at Seaham Hall Beach Car Park.

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.)

The rain started stopping!

The Sun and double rainbows came to visit.

I had headed towards Ryhope but stopped at the Stack as the tide was coming back in.

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.

In the end Italy won 2-1.
Be Happy.
Yes YOU !
BEACH BUOY.

Friday 29 September 2017

SEATON SANDS 29 SEPT 2017

Arrived 6-15 pm.

In the blink of an eye the sun was setting.

Roll on spring!

BEACH BUOY.

Thursday 28 September 2017

28 SEPT 2017. SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL.


Contrasting cloud types over Seaton Carew.

The tide was on the way in.
It was a glorious Evening.

Lots of shingle tonight.
Sadly the shingle to find ratio wasn't very high.


Tonight's find.

BEACH BUOY............

27 SEPT 2017, SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL.

A MISTY NIGHT .
NO SIGN OF SALTBURN TONIGHT.

IT MAY'VE BEEN A LITTLE MISTY BUT IT WAS A LOVELY FRESH NIGHT.

DUNE GRASS TRYING TO SPREAD.

TONIGHT'S FINDS.


BEACH BUOY.

Tuesday 26 September 2017

SEATON SANDS 26 SEPT 2017.

IT WAS A FOGGY DAY DOWN AT THE BEACH.
SO HERE IS MY GREAT GRANDFATHER RINGING THE FOG BELL ON THE PIER AT HARTLEPOOL'S HEADLAND.

MEANWHILE BACK IN SEATON CAREW THE FOG ROLLED IN.

A NUMBER OF FISHERMEN DOWN TOWARDS NORTH GARE.
AS I APPROACHED I NOTICED THE FIRST GROUP OF FOUR WERE ALL WEARING THE SAME CAMOUFLAGE JACKETS AND TROUSERS, AS IF THE FOG WASN'T HIDING THEM ENOUGH.

THE WAVES ROLLED IN FOG OR NO FOG.


TONIGHT'S FINDS.
THE LARGE BOTTLE BASE WOULD HAVE SAID WEST HARTLEPOOL. IT WAS FROM BACK IN THE DAY WHEN YOU GOT MORE BOTTLE THAN CONTENTS, THE GLASS IS SO THICK.

BEACH BUOY.

Monday 25 September 2017

SEATON SANDS HARTLEPOOL 25 SEPT. 2017.

Arrived around 5-20pm.
It was a damp and dull evening.
The Beach was deserted but filled up by the time my walk had come to an end.

We headed South.
The tide was on the way in, so I decided to search the shingle closest to the Sea before it disappeared under the waves.

Stoney face seems to shouting " Oy Geezer!"

Stone and pot finds.

Sea pottery finds.

BEACH BUOY.