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Tuesday 23 February 2021

SEATON SANDS, SEATON CAREW, HARTLEPOOL 23 FEB 2021.




Beach Buoy and Stubborn Dog reached the beach at 3-34pm.
He had made an after-work coffee in a thermal cup to drink in the van.
He sat in the van, half a cup now, the remainder for when he returns.
The van rocked from side to side in the strong south westerly wind.
To be honest the wind looked and felt so strong, Beach Buoy was almost tempted to drink all of the coffee and just watch the sea....
...almost.
They left the sanctuary that the van provided and headed for the promenade and the beach beyond.

A toppled promenade wheelie bin yawned in the strong wind, bored with the amount of wind the day had dealt.


They headed for the water's edge.

The wind was howling, blowing dry soft sand out to sea.

Beach Buoy carried Stubborn Dog at times, not due his normal stubbornness, just to try and keep the little dog  from the sand blast as best he could.

He took the photograph above whilst holding Stubborn Dog in one hand, his mobile phone in the other, whilst trying to stay upright.

It was around now that Beach Buoy must have lost his beach note book and pencil to  the conditions.

He had no idea exactly where and when it took flight, but it was gone.

He looked for it but had to give up.

They continued south.

The wind blew.

Seagulls twisted and turned in the sky as they fought the fierce conditions.

Beach Buoy and Stubborn continued south with the stack and half a cup of coffee in mind.


The dunes up at the stack were as wild as a blowy mountain top.

The stack was stacked.

Needless to say the beach was fairly deserted.

A random dog walker and a flying beach note book... somewhere.

They headed back, not such a slow walk back today.

The contrasting colours of the dry shifting sand and the rigid wet sand was clear to see.


They headed to The Seaton Carew Wreck.

With his back to the wind and a Stubborn Dog in his arms, Beach Buoy watched the drifting, shifting dry sand like one would watch the flames of  fire dance, twisting and turning. 

They made it back to the van; windswept and book-less as opposed to windswept and interesting.

They watched the Promenade people.


Half a cup later, it was time to go.

So today's adventure will mean Beach Buoy

will be down to one of his beach books.

There are only two Scooby Doo mats left too!


 

Artist; Liz O'Neill has painted another excellent Saltburn scene.
So vibrant.
Three gulls too.

BEACH BUOY.