SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL. 31, OCT. 2024.

 Beach Buoy and Another Dog walked to the beach.

It was 8-14 a.m.

The tide was out beyond the Seaton Carew Wreck.

It was sunny and mild.

The last day of October had shown up dressed as the first day of September.

The sunlight was gorgeous.

A man walked four small dogs by the water's edge.

Beach Buoy and Another Dog headed south.

A blabbermouth walked the dune edge, thinking his voice was a better than a dog lead for controlling his dog.

It wasn't, not really.

Beach Buoy paused.

He let the noise go by.

He searched some shingle.

He found some Sea Pottery. 

When the coast was clear, they continued their walk.

They arrived at Stubborn Dog Stack.

"Morning Mate "

It was 8-40.

Beach Buoy added some stones 

He  patted

THE

Stone.

He sat on the well-worn plank with plenty of rust.

Beach Buoy sat just watching the sea.

Another Dog kept lookout.

"See you mate."

They headed back along the "easy" route.

There was only one on the beach below.

The man paused every now and then to take photographs.

Beach Buoy and Another Dog returned to the beach.

A slow walk back on the vast beach.

They crossed the car park to the sound of sea tax coins being collected.

They walked down Elizabeth Way.

A smug-looking Black Cat sat on a sunny windowsill.

It looked like it was it's Birthday and Halloween all rolled into one.

Beach Buoy and Another Dog crossed the road.

There are some apartments for people 55 plus.

A mobility scooter came along.

Beach Buoy stepped aside to let it pass. 

"Morning "

"Morning."

The driver was about Beach Buoy's age...

Another mobility scooter.

Another man about Beach Buoy's age 

" Morning."

"Morning Mate."

Beach Buoy counted blessings and mobility scooters

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SNOOKS TEA ROOM OUT AND ABOUT CARD.

 

Spent a Penny.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SNOOKS TEA ROOM OUT AND ABOUT CARD.

 THE SEARCH FOR BILLY BUOY.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS HARTLEPOOL. MONDAY. 28,OCT. 2024

 Monday.

It was sunny.

Beach Buoy and Another Dog went down the access ramp at 8-20 a.m.

The beach hut ramp.

It felt about six degrees warmer than one would expect.

The clocks had gone back.

8-20 today was 9-20 yesterday.

They walked towards the water's edge.

The tide was out beyond the Seaton Carew Wreck.

There was a slight breeze from the south west.

Sea swimmers dried and dressed at the base of the esplanade wall.

Their towels and robes added colour.

There was plenty of space for all.

A man walked his dog near to the wreck.

A Doodle Dog came to say hello.

From ship to shore.

Today's Wreck check.

Photo taken for a possible drawing later.

A man on a mission walked the water's edge.

Beach Buoy and Another Dog walked the "easy" route.

"Morning Mate."

It was 9-04.

Beach Buoy added some stones.

He patted 

THE

stone.

No sooner had he sat on the well-worn plank with plenty of rust, when a black Labrador came and sat alongside them.

A lady with her white Labrador came along the "easy" route.

"Morning."

"Morning."

The lady and two dogs headed north.

Beach Buoy watch the world and a jogger go by.

In time...

"See you mate."

Back to the beach.

Their sunshine shadows came to.

A slow walk back.

They ventured a little more to the north.

For a photo, for a drawing later perhaps?

BEACH BUOY

SUNDAY. 27, OCT 2024. SEATON SANDS,HARTLEPOOL.

Beach Buoy has been a bit under the weather.

Rubbish sleep for a good few nights.

He had woke at 1-55.

He made a coffee.

Then two became one.

The clocks were going back.

His phone went from 2 a.m.

to 1 a.m.

Great!

Beach Buoy sat and sat and sat.

Borrowed Dog was on a sleepover. 

Beach Buoy had an extra pair of eyes watching.

Even though in a way it would be lighter earlier, it had been a long  long night.

Finally!

Beach Buoy, Borrowed Dog and Another Dog headed to the beach.

It was 6-40.

Mr Gunn / Lunn and excellent dog Alfie headed to the beach.

"Morning."

"Morning."

Drive-thru Sunrise Seekers sat in their cars 

Other more adventurous ones headed for the beach.

Beach Buoy and the dogs headed south.

The tide was out as far as the Seaton Carew Wreck.

People stood waiting for  the Sun to show.

The Sun seemed to peek over South Gare Pier as if checking anyone was watching.

They were.

A Lone Crow flew southwards.

Taking the shortest of flight paths.

That's what Crows do apparently.

A sea swimmer entered the sea.

Red swimming costume, white limbs.

Beach Buoy and the dogs headed up the big slope.

7-05 a.m.

Top of the slope.

"Morning Mate."

7-09.

Beach Buoy added some stones.

He patted 

THE 

stone.

He didn't stop.

He had sat long enough though the long night.

He was eager to keep moving,

They walked along, beside the dunes.

They searched shingle.

They walked in and out between the Tank Traps.

They headed back... slowly..

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL. 26, OCT. 2024.

 

Beach Buoy and Another Dog headed to the beach.

They arrived at 7-42 a.m.

About fifteen minutes before sunrise.

A car pulled up.

Four Sunrise Seekers made a dash for the beach access ramp.

They took photographs of the orange sky.

Beach Buoy and Another Dog headed south.

There was a few sunrise seekers dotted around.

Not quite sunrise.

To the north, two sea swimmers stood waist deep in the sea.

It was a mild morning.

There was a slight breeze from the south west.

The tide was as far out as The Seaton Carew Wreck.

Soon.

Sunrise coming over The Gares, not the sea now.

The Sea Serpent twisted on the surface of the sea.

Sunrise seekers wait to the north, waiting for the light and colour of the morning to reach out to them.

Beach Buoy and Another Dog headed to Stubborn Dog Stack.

"Morning Mate."

It was 8-14.

Beach Buoy added some stones.

He patted 

THE

stone.

He sat with a coffee on the well-worn plank with plenty of rust.

A man jogged by on the beach below.

It was on odd style of jogging.

More of a slow motion run if that makes sense?

"See you mate."

Beach Buoy and Another Dog headed back.

Back to the beach.

 A Ship leaves the river behind.

Glorious Sun.

Their sharp sunshine shadows led the way back.

Seacoal and Sand.

The Crows looked as though they had been moulded from the coal.

Down by the water's edge a Border Collie tried to round up low flying Crows.

AN IMAGINED POST CARD FROM SUNNY SEATON CAREW.

Back up on The Esplanade, Beach Buoy and Mr. Gunn/Lunn had a brief chat.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS HARTLEPOOL. 24, OCT.2024.

 

Beach Buoy and Another Dog went to the beach.

They stepped onto the sand at 7-32 a.m. in the half-light.

People and their dogs were dotted along the water's edge.

They headed south.

It was mild and a little bit muggy.

Two sea swimmers headed back to the car park.

The tide was a canny way out.

The lady who walks the length of the beach, headed back northwards.

It felt more mild than the calender or grey sky would suggest.

Team One Black Ear came from the south.

They paused to chat.

They went their separate ways 

Sand seems to be building up behind the Grey Rocks.

They climbed the big slope.

At the top of big slope.

A bad news siren and blue flashing lights travelled southwards along the sea front.

The blue seemed so vivid in the dullness of a misty morning.

They turned to walk the "easy" route.

"Morning Mate."

It was 8 a m.

Beach Buoy added some stones.

He patted 

THE

stone.

He sat on the well-worn plank with plenty of rust.

There had been no sunrise as such.

Just a gradually in creasing light as if some was was altering the settings on a black and white television.

A jogger headed south 

Dressed in green and black.

Colour television restored.

He glanced down at his wristwatch as he ran, monitoring his own progress.

In next to no time he was heading back north.

"See you mate."

They returned to the beach

They began their slow walk back as a large, daft as a brush dog danced in the sea.

A lady stood with her two dogs at the base of the dunes.

One of her dogs sat wagging its tail in the sand like a windscreen wiper on a screen.

They headed back to the van.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS HARTLEPOOL. 23, OCT. 2024

 Beach Buoy, Borrowed Dog and Another Dog headed to the beach.

It was a Sunny Thursday morning.

They walked down the access ramp

 at 8-13 a.m.

The tide seemed to be a canny way out.

At the water's edge, a Dad carried a toddler  who didn't want to toddle.

To the north, sea swimmers headed back to folded towels and robes.

Beach Buoy, Borrowed Dog and Another Dog headed southwards.

Random clouds would claim the Sun from time to time.

Though, back to the north, the sea front shone like the gem it is.

 A dogless man walked slowly but purposely along the strand-line line.

He was heading to the Village.

"Morning Mate."

8-55.

Beach Buoy added some stones.

He patted 

THE 

stone.

He sat on the well-worn plank with plenty of rust.

Someone had laid the visible painted stones side by side.

Another Dog laid down, on guard, watching the "easy" route for incoming.

Borrowed Dog sat staring at Beach Buoy.

Beach Buoy sat staring at the sea.

It looked like summer.

He let the Sun recharge his inner battery.

Just one man and his dog on the beach below.

"See you mate."

Beach Buoy and the dogs , left Stubborn Dog Stack behind.

They had a slow walk back.

Then they joined The Esplanade.

They walked The Front for a short while.

A painter and decorator has cordoned off some of the pavement in front of The Marine Hotel.

He was scrapping loose flakes of  paint off it's outside wall. Some floated in the air.

One looked to be much brighter than the others.

It landed on a window frame 

It opened its wings.

It was a Red Admiral.

Could this be the last butterfly if the year?

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS HARTLEPOOL.22,OCT. 2024

 Tuesday.

Beach Buoy and Another Dog headed down the access ramp that is near the beach huts.

It was sunny and 3-43 p m.

From time to time an odd cloud or two would block the Sun for a short while.

Beach Buoy and Another Dog headed south.

A jogger and his ran northwards with the sea for company.