Near and far away.

Apologies to those who don't know the Father Ted TV show and the

near and far away scene.

The seaglass wood thing, is small but the boat is far away.

My father would carve cobles from solid wood,the one in the photograph is the one he kindly made for me.

He had a cabin at Middleton with a view of the sea, where he would do some of the work.

Sometimes people would pass and ask to pay for one to be made.

He wouldn't sell them.

But if someone came by and seemed to appreciate the craftsmanship,I have known him to say "I'll make you one."

In comparison my feeble attempt at a sea glass thingy was made today.The sea glass colour isn't showing up very well in the photograph.

At least I got to put a photograph of one of Dad's boats on the Blog.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON .8 JAN 2011

ARRIVED A LITTLE LATER THAN USUAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AROUND 7-30A.M.

IT WAS DARK & RAINING

AS BONNIE AND WALKED ALONG SEATON BEACH THE RAIN STOPPED,BUT DAYLIGHT STRUGGLED TO RAISE IT'S LAZY HEAD.

THE PHOTOGRAPH BELOW IS OF THE BLUE LAGOON.

BELOW...THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER TEES.
THE LAGOON PART OF THE BEACH CAN SOMETIMES GET
SOME LARGE DRIFTWOOD.

I WONDER IF DOROTHY LEFT THIS BEHIND?

AS WELL AS LARGE DRIFTWOOD,THE LAGOON CAN SOMETIMES TRAP

SMALL PIECES OF DRIFTWOOD,I GATHERED SOME FOR MY SEA GLASS

THINGYS,HERE THEY ARE PUT OUT TO DRY IN THE GREENHOUSE.

ONCE THEY HAVE PART DRIED SOME WILL BE SMUGGLED INTO THE HOUSE

AND DRIED ON THE BACK OF THE STUDY RADIATOR

THE BEST BIT OF THE DAY.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW BEACH 03 01 2011

BEACH BUOY.

SEAHAM 02 01 2011

When i arrived the tide was too high

to have a glass hunt,so i took some photographs around

Seaham.

The house on the clifftop has a stunning view, wonder

how much the house insurance is?

The sea at Seaham always seems relentless

The sea glass takes a constant pounding

no wonder it is so very beautiful.

This

beauty

was just

laid on

the

surface.

Another beauty

just laid

waiting to

be picked

up.

Finds from

the first

part of the

hunt. As i

returned to

the car for

a strong cup of tea.

BEACH BUOY.

seaton Carew & Blue Lagoon, 02 01 2011.

WELL AS YOU MAY SEE , ARRIVED

AROUND 7-01 AM.

THE TEMP GAUGE

SAYS 3DEGREES.

IT WAS STILL DARK SO WAITED A FEW MINUTES.



THE BLUE LAGOON.


THE RIVER MOUTH,
AT THE BLUE LAGOON.












BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON 1-1-11

ONE DAY ...THE CAMPER VAN DREAM

WILL BECOME REALITY

UNTIL THEN SANTA GOT ME THESE...THE NEW YEAR BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN AND A BITING WIND FROM THE NORTH

I LEFT ME CAMERA IN THE RELATIVELY WARM CAR.

THE PHOTOGRAPHS BELOW WERE TAKEN ON MY RETURN TO THE CAR.

A DRIFTWOOD/SEA GLASS THINGY HANGS IN MY CAR,

MY ELDEST DAUGHTER WAS SAT IN THE REAR OF THE CAR ON HER CHRISTMAS VISIT

FROM ITALY...

SHE ASKED "WHY HAVE YOU GOT DRY POO HANGING IN YOUR CAR?" HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL READERS.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW ...NEW YEARS EVE 2010

ARRIVED AROUND 7 30.

IT WAS A GREY DAY AND THE BEACH WAS DESERTED. THE WAVES HAD LEFT LOTS OF RIPPLES IN THE SAND.

THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE NORTH GARE.


THE WORLD WAR TWO DEFENCES IN LINE; MAYBE GETTING A NEW LEASE OF LIFE AS SEA DEFENCES?

WHEN I RETURNED TO THE CAR PARK I FOUND A POSTER

ON THE FLOOR; A DOG IS MISSING :-(

BLACK AND GREY BORDER COLLIE :-I

WEARING A PINK AND DIAMOND COLLAR :-)

MADE A NOTE OF THE PHONE NUMBER

WILL KEEP AN EYE OPEN. .-)

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGGON 27 12 2010

ARRIVED 7 AM

AFTER YESTERDAY'S KALEIDOSCOPE OF COLOURS ,TODAY SEEM A LITTLE GREY.

ONE OF THE THREE SEALS SPOTTED TODAY.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON 26 12 2010.

MR SNOWMAN AND HIS DOG BEAT ME TO THE BEACH.

THE COLOURS AT THE BLUE LAGOON WERE STUNNING.

NICE CLOUDS.

THE VIEW SOUTH AT THE END OF THE WALK.

BEACH BUOY.

Sunday 12 12 10 Seaton Carew & Blue Lagoon

Arrived around 7am

it was still dark.The view from Seaton Carew towards Redcar.

The Blue Lagoon.

Blue Lagoon

Red Bra

Redcar.

The North side of the North Gare Pier,

it can be very rough at times.

Beach Buoy.