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Saturday, 18 September 2021

DOWN IN THE DUMPS AT THE DUMP. 18 SEPT 2021.





It was the first day of a week off.
Beach Buoy was a bit down in the dumps.
It was either go hide in bed or keep mobile.
 Moving targets are harder to hit, so he headed out on his bike.
He had planned for him and Another Dog to head up to Northumberland in the van for a few days.
He hadn't got his act together and it felt like things were slipping away.

He headed for a spot that over-looked Seaton Carew.
He had never been before. 
It used to be a council tip.

The view was fantastic.

The breeze off the sea matched the view.


The area on top was vast.

It would make a great site for camper vans and the like to stop over.


Beach Buoy unwound.


To the North is the only section remaining of The Steelworks Footbridge.

He was told once that it was the longest footbridge in England, not anymore.

He had walked the old bridge a few times as a child. It was a covered footbridge back then, that lead to the sea front.

Like a passage-way to another world; a beach world.

A couple came up to the grassy mound.

That was fine.

They ate their fast food.

That was fine.

They launched the drone.....

Time to go.



Beach Buoy part walked / part cycled.



A bridge that many cross without even knowing.




The sea made waves inland.

The tide was high.




Beach Buoy rested on a sea front bench like an old man.....
BEACH BUOY.


4 comments:

  1. An interesting new route. Sorry your plans aren’t working out. Maybe you could get a few days away. 🤞

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  2. Saw someone up there the other day.Imagined a narrow track.
    As for going away. My own doing. Still haven't made my mind up yet.

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  3. Sorry to read that you're feeling down. You should aim for those few days in Northumberland perhaps a change of scenery would do you good. I remember myself and my brother running across that railway foot bridge, when we were kids. Had to run across before a train ran underneath - we didn't want to be on the bridge when the train went below. I can remember once reaching the end and asking where all the rubbish was, I was told that it had been grassed over. I didn't realise that the bridge was still in existence. You are right, the view is stunning.

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  4. The bridge is a shadow of its former self

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