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| Beach Buoy had gone to bed around 1 am so when he did wake, he was hoping it was around 6-30; it was 4-55am. By 5-15am, he and Stubborn Dog were in the beach car park. There was another vehicle in car park. People were sat inside. More than a hundred seabirds walked around the car park like a gang of HGV drivers who had spent the night in their cabs and hadn't slept at all well. Beach Buoy and Stubborn Dog were on the beach by 5-30 am. |
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| The tide was well out again. Low cloud ran the full the length of the horizon, shielding the sunrise. The wait was well worth it once it did appear. |
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| They walked along the water's edge. |
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| Beach Buoy paused from time to time to take photographs and make notes. |
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| The tide was slowly reclaiming the beach. It was beautiful morning. |
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| The Sun climbed as the Wind Turbines turned slowly. |
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| They headed towards the dunes. |
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| Beach Buoy stacked the stack. It was 6-08 am. |
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| Catching the Sun. A Fisherman wades into the Sea. |
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| Beach Buoy sat on a green moss covered rock. Oh and it was a damp green moss covered rock at that! |
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| Stubborn Dog soaked up the Sun as Beach Buoy soaked up the moisture of the damp green moss covered rock. They had a slow walk back. Oyster Catchers down by the water's edge Magpies up in the dunes. They wore the same kits but played for different teams. |
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| Coffee and nap in shed.... Beach Buoy had both. |
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| Seaham slope beach..... They stayed in the van. |
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| Later it was Hartlepool Headland for a cup of tea with a view. Beach buoy arrived before 6 pm made that cup of tea then listened to Liza Tarbuck on Radio 2 for a while. |
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| Another rock. Another sit and think. Dolphins had been spotted in the bay. A whale had been stranded on the nearby Fish Sands today, It was re-floated successfully. |
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| HL 200 sailed out of the docks. HL is the code for HARTLEPOOL. A smaller boat appeared and began to check nearby pots with a hopeful seal for company. |
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| Beach Buoy noticed some larger than normal splashes as bird dived for fish. They were Gannets, five or six of them were travelling around the harbour, diving for fish as they went. Beach Buoy had only ever seen one in Hartlepool. That bird was in distress and Beach Buoy was unable to help it. He found it dead next day on Seaton Sands. He still thinks about it and wonders if he could have done more. They are a very striking bird. |
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| A Micro-light appeared. There was more chance of strapping Beach Buoy to six Gannets than there was of him going up on a Micro-light. Beach Buoy headed off sometime after 7-30pm He called in at Seaton Carew Car Park sand sat for a while. A van based sit and think. BEACH BUOY. |
