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Monday 30 October 2023

SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL.30, OCTOBER, 2023.

 


Beach Buoy and Another Dog set off on foot at 3-46 p.m.
Spots of light rain fell but in the end amounted to nothing.
Beach Buoy could hear the sea clearly, well before he caught sight of it.
 A faceful of fresh sea air was waiting for them.
Beach Buoy rested on the Promenade wall.
He made some brief notes in his beach book.
It's funny the looks you can be given when taking notes outside.
They headed down the debris-strewn access ramp.
Three crabpots lay two thirds of the way down. 
Tossed there by the sea. 
Beach Buoy phoned the Humberside number that was written on a green tag to report them found, not lost afterall.
By the time their walk was over, the pots had gone.
Claimed for sea-themed garden perhaps?
Maybe to be sent out to sea once more?


The waves must have come up possibly over the access ramp?
Beach-trapped water remained near to the promenade wall.



The sea had altered the beach dramatically.
Dunes, where once there was none.
Voids where dunes used to be.


They headed south.
The waves rushed in.
 They moved from beach to dune.
Even then, waves splashed over the stepped dune edge that it the sea itself had just created.


A few days ago, after some dune collapse, an upright piece of timber became exposed.
It was right in the dune edge
There it is in the photograph above.
Its quite a distance from the dune edge now.
It shows clearly just how much gone in recent days.
There was no safe way to Stubborn Dog Stack via the beach.
Sea Buckthorn cut off a dune route.
The sea was too unpredictable, even more so than people can be at times.
Light would be fading soon too.
Beach Buoy took a sip of coffee 
There'd be no wobbling this afternoon.




He looked north to plot their way back.
They set off.


Sea Buckthorn can be a pain in the...
leg
This bush reminded Beach Buoy of Sycamore Gap, so he photographed it.
 


They were back at the northern end of the dunes earlier than they had expected.
At least it was still light.
BEACH BUOY.

Saturday 28 October 2023

SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL. 28, OCTOBER, 2023.

 


Beach Buoy had been up since before 4 a.m.

He made coffee.

He drew.

He waited.

They set off.

Beach Buoy had put new batteries in the van's dashboard fairy lights.

Their brightness and colourfulness made him smile on this and other dark journeys. 

It was 6-53 a.m. when he and Another Dog arrived in the beach car park.

It was dark. 

It had rained.

The lady who had once fallen off her bike, walked southwards along the Promenade with a torch and a companion.

A Jogger raced from dark south to dark north.

Cracks of the faintest, not even half light showed the sky over the bay to be cloud-filled.

Distant silouettes and torches were near the sea to the north.


They headed south.


The Beachcombing Border Collie Couple  overtook then went ahead at speed.



Lots of dune edge taken by the sea. 


Some steps as high as a Beach Buoy.
Others as big as a house.
A big dog seemed to appear from nowhere.
It ran at them three or four times.
Beach Buoy scooped up Another Dog.
The dog's owner appeared from the dunes , then headed to the sea. 
There was no apology, no dog lead.
Just a peep peep whistle as he headed off.


Buy a lead not a peep peep whistle!


Lots of additional grey rocks..so much sand had gone.
Beach Buoy and Another Dog scrambled and clambered across to the sandy slope.



About a metre had gone at the slope!
They scrambled and clambered some more.
They found another route up to the dunes.
Once up in the dunes it was a matter of finding their bearings and more importantly, Stubborn Dog Stack.
If it was still in one piece?
The vast change in the beach and dune edge was quite disorientating.



They found Stubborn Dog Stack.
All looked to be well?
The dune edge hadn't seemed to have fallen ahead of it?
The grey rocks had done their job excellently.

"Morning Mate."
Beach Buoy patted
THE 
stone.
He added some more.
He also added a vintage beach brick from his recent Middleton visit.
Sadly thanks to Hartlepool Council's
Sea Tax, the clock was already ticking 
Back to the van for 9 a m. or pay.
Beach Buoy strongly disagrees with taxing the sea by means of car park charges.
He was drinking his coffee on-the-go today. 

Reluctantly, "See you mate."
They returned to the beach, or to be more accurate, the stones.


They crossed stones in locations where Beach Buoy had never  noticed them before.
Camp Distant Wave resembled a fortress when looking from the beach. A vast sloping mass of recent grey stones and rocks swept up steeply towards it.

They searched in and around the Wold War Two Tank Traps.
He was hopeful of a find or two.
It was not to be.
Another man with a Large Dog walked the water's edge as his dog ran at and away from Beach Buoy and Another Dog.


The Sun made an effort to show.
Beach Buoy and Another Dog began to head back.


Others approached as steam/ mist and Gulls appeared from the sea.


The Labrador couple passed by.
No fuss or drama at all.


The Sun glowed, still hidden by cloud.


Slow walk back.
A random shaft of sunlight seemed to highlight the art deco clock tower at the bus station.


Team Mick Aston Jumper headed north. 

The young lady with a Yorkshire Terrier called Bobby had just gone ahead.

The Clockwork Beach turned slowly once more.

🤗

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SNOOKS TEA ROOM OUT AND ABOUT CARD.

 

The Duplicate Bus.

BEACH BUOY.

Wednesday 25 October 2023

JONNY HANNAH EXHIBITION.

 


The exhibition has a week to run 
It's on two locations.
First photographs are from Hartlepool Art Gallery.
There was a surprise waiting for Beach Buoy at the Museum though...
















THE MUSEUM OF HARTLEPOOL.
⬇️



ON THE BEACH 

BEACH BUOY'S GUIDE TO TAKING PHOTOS
 
AN ARTWORK IN THE FAKE LIBRARY PART
OF THE EXHIBITION.
THE ARTIST FOLLOWED BEACH BUOY'S BEACH VISITS ONLINE.
HE HAS KINDLY OFFERED THE WORK TO BEACH BUOY AFTER THE EXHIBITION.

Also at the museum...


















If you can, then pay it a visit.
Only days left.
From out of town?
I would free park at Historic Quay.
See the Museum of Hartlepool.
It's a fairly short walk to the Art Gallery.
Both exhibitions are free.
If you wanted to go to The Historic Quay then there is a charge for that.


BEACH BUOY.