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| WAS ON BEACH EARLY MORNING; AROUND 8-30 AM. THE SNOW HAD ALL BUT GONE. THE TIDE WOULD BE HIGH IN AROUND FOUR HOURS. |
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| IN THE DISTANCE, STEAM SEEMED TO BE RISING FROM THE BREAKING WAVES. IT WAS A CHILLY DAY, THE SEA MUST HAVE BEEN A LITTLE WARMER? RELATIVES WHO WERE FOUY BOATMEN TOLD HOW IN THE PAST, ON COLD DAYS WHEN THEIR HANDS WERE FROZEN, PULLING THE COLD, WET ROPES, THEY WOULD FIND RELIEF BY PUTTING THEIR HANDS IN THE WARMER NORTH SEA. |
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| THIS POOR FISH ROLLED IN WITH THE IN-COMING TIDE. I HAD ALREADY REMOVED A TANGLE OF TWO HOOKS, FISHING LINE AND A SINKER FROM IT'S MOUTH. IT MUST HAVE BROKEN THE LINE WHEN CAUGHT BUT THEN DIED A TERRIBLE DEATH WITH THE GHOST FISHING GEAR ATTACHED TO IT BY THE CATCHING HOOK. AT LEAST NOW IF SOMETHING WAS TO EAT IT THEN IT WOULDN'T GET THE SIDE ORDER OF FISHING GEAR. |
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| THERE WAS A VERY EIREE LIGHT OVER THE RIVER TEES. |
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| OVER ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH GARE PIER YET ANOTHER TANGLE OF FISHING LINE. |
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| I UNTANGLED THE LINE FROM THE SEAWEED AND BEARING IN MIND MY EARLIER FISH FIND I FOUND THE LETTERS D O A A LITTLE IRONIC DEAD ON ARRIVAL. |
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| AS WE TURNED TO HEAD BACK, THIS SHIP SLIPPED OUT OF PORT IN THE ATMOSPHERIC LIGHT. |
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| THIS SEA ALLEY WAS CLOSE TO BEING RECLAIMED BY THE SEA WHEN I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SPOT IT. |
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| THE TIDE WAS RECLAIMING THE NORTH GARE END OF THE BEACH. |
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| THE LIGHT WAS SO UNUSUAL, MY USUALLY GOOD CAMERA ON MY PHONE STRUGGLED WITH IT. I HAD TO FIDDLE WITH VARIOUS FILTERS TO MAKE THE APPROACHING HORSE AND RIDER VISIBLE. I QUITE LIKE THE OUTCOME. |
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| THE SUN CAME OUT. |
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| HEADING TO THE VILLAGE. |
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| SAILOR? DOG? SHEEP? I WISHED IT R I P AND BURIED IT IN THE DUNES. |
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| RECENT RESCUES FROM GHOST FISHING GEAR. |
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| RECENT FINDS 1. |
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| RECENT FINDS 2. BEACH BUOY. |
