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Thursday 26 December 2019

BOXING DAY, 2019. SEATON SANDS, SEATON CAREW, HARTLEPOOL.

Beach Buoy had been up ages.
He and Stubborn Dog reached the Beach Car Park
at 7-40 a.m.
As they readied themselves  at the side of the van, a car pulled up.
Shouty People emptied out of the car with their Dogs.
They must give a running commentary on their walks, rather than do a blog?
They shouted their way to the water's edge, headed North, then South, then East, then South and thankfully finally plumped for North.
Beach Buoy and Stubborn Dog headed South.

The tide was well out.
A chilly breeze bordering on wind, blew from the South. 

Beach Buoy beachcombed on some shingle patches.
A Hi-vis clad man with a Hi-vis clad Dog approached form the Grey Rocks.
The man was having a conversation with someone unseen.
A Phooka, only visible to the talker?
Or maybe it was Bluetooth, possibly talking to the Shouty couple, asking how their walk was progressing?

Dark Gulls circled up above in a Grey Sky.
They went round and round, like debris thrown up in a Tornado.
Beach Buoy headed up to the Dunes; stones in hand for the stack.
He paused a while and headed back to the sands.
Someone had planted a driftwood tree into the soft sand.

There would be no bright sunrise colours today.
It was a pale palette today.
A Jogger and his Greyhound went South then shortly afterwards back to the North.

Beach Buoy and Stubborn Dog had a slow walk back as the Beach became a little more busy.

German Shepard Couple.

White and Black Border Collie Couple.

The South View...
The North was where all of the activity was.
Beach Buoy could see that some people were already in the water for The Boxing Day Dip.
By the time that they had reached the ramp, they had a Promenade audience, leaning on the wall .
Beach Buoy was carrying Stubborn Dog 
(Oh what a surprise!)
They followed a dipper up the ramp.
The dipper was wearing trunks and had a young child on his shoulders.
Beach Buoy wasn't sure if the on-lookers thought he too was a dipper?
Some do wear fancy dress.
Beach Buoy had came as an Eskimo, joined by an Eskimo version of Spit the Dog.

BEACH BUOY.