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Thursday, 16 September 2021

THURSDAY 16 SEPT 2021. SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL.






Beach Buoy and Another Dog reached the beach car park
 at 6-43 p.m.
It could have been considered as behind schedule, but the wasn't one.
It was still bright and sunny but the daylight was living on borrowed time.
A young couple sat on the promenade wall as they shared a large pizza.

Beach Buoy gulped mouthfuls of hot coffee from one of the two thermal mugs that he had brought in the van.
It had been a little hectic since work finished at 3 p.m.

They headed for the beach.


The Shipwreck and the Sea Horses.



Beach Buoy and Another Dog headed south.

A couple with a Dog called Maggie came over to say hello.

The two young dogs hit it off and did the new dog friend dog dance.

Goodbyes were said and they went their separate ways.


If it wasn't so late they could have walked to the moon.

The dunes and the stack would have to be suffice.

It did.

It was odd seeing a bright moon at one end of the dunes and  a still bright setting sun at the other.




Its shift had not long started but an already weary moon rested on a driftwood arm.


Beach Buoy gathered some beach stones.

He noted the fourth dead sea-bird of the walk, lying twisted on the strand-line.




"Evening Mate."

he patted 

THE

stone and placed the others.

They had a sit and think on the dune edge.

The Moon seemed to be peaking over the dune grass to see what was going on?


They began to head back.

"See you mate."

Beach Buoy waved.




They headed North as did an overhead aeroplane.

The incoming sea began to fill the galleys in the sand that it had created.

The sky began to darken to dusk

A lady had walked with her dog as far as Beach Buoy.

She turned to head north and seemed to be hovering a little.

Beach Buoy slowed down to allow the lady some space but she seemed to slow down too.

An aeroplane took aim at the Moon as the Village Church Bells rang out for 7-45

It was 7-48.

They approached the beach access ramp.

The hovering lady's dog wanted to say hello...

The dogs said hello.

The owners said hello, then goodbye.



 



The evening's Bits and Bobs.

Beach Buoy sat in the driving seat of the van and drank coffee from the second thermal mug.
It was almost dark by now.
Beach Buoy lit the colourful fairy lights that ran the length of the dashboard.

Merry Christmas.

A young lad came up the access ramp onto the Promenade
He cleaned the sand from his skim board in dim, pre-night gloom.
He looked a little embarrassed.
A car pulled alongside the van.
They had the young lad frozen in their bright headlights.
They just sat in the car, headlights blazing.
Very Rude.
The young lad made good his escape.
Off into the darkness, where no one knows your name.
 

BEACH BUOY.