NICK DARKE 1948 -2005

NICK DARKE.

AS YOU MAY KNOW MOST OF MY BLOG POSTS ARE ABOUT MY BEACH VISITS AND FINDS.

THE OTHER DAY I CAME ACROSS THIS CHAP.NICK DARKE, HE WROTE PLAYS,POEMS AND BEACHCOMBED AND MUCH MORE.

HE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A REALLY GOOD EGG.

HERE ARE SOME LINKS THAT WILL TELL YOU MORE.
HE DIED AGED JUST 56, JUST A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE WRECKING SEASON WAS SHOWN ON TELEVSION ON THE BBC IN THE U.K.
MY FATHER PASSED AWAY AT 56 TOO.

 

http://www.thewreckingseason.com/

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLX_dCdgxbQ

 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6H1RAmNnj4g

 

 http://nickdarke.net/

http://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jun/15/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries


BEACH BUOY.
 



SEATON CAREW 25 10 15

WELL THE CLOCKS HAVE GONE BACK AND THE DARK EARLY NIGHTS ARE HERE.

HAVE TRIED TO BLEED SUMMER AND LIGHT NIGHTS DRY THIS YEAR; MAKING THE MOST OF THINGS.

 

WE ALL MOAN AT STUFF, LIFE GET'S TOUGH AT TIMES, THE WORLD'S A MESS BUT LOOKING AROUND WE ARE LUCKIER THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE WORLD TODAY.

I KNOW THAT WHEN YOU ARE DOWN AND LOW IT'S HARD TO COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS AND AT THOSE TIMES, WELL THE WORLD CAN, AS THEY SAY "DO ONE."

SO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF LOW AND THE DARK DAYS MAKE YOU SAD,GRAB WHAT LIGHT YOU CAN;HEAD FOR A BEACH.

 

I DID TODAY.

SUNRISE AT SEATON CAREW.

 

ONE MAN AND HIS DOG ENJOY THE DAY DAWNING.

 

 

WIND TURBINES AT TEESMOUTH.

 

 

 

BEACH MARKER AND ONE AT SEA.

 

PLENTY OF GRAVEL SCATTER.

 

PLENTY OF SEA COAL SCATTER.

 

COUPLE TRYING TO ENJOY THEIR WALK WITH SMALL DOG, THEY HAD TO KEEP PICKING IT UP. TWO MEN WITH FOUR GREYHOUNDS ON THE LOOSE..... NO COMMENT.

 

 

#2MINUTEBEACHCLEAN
PLASTIC
4 BALLOONS
PEDAL
PLASTIC BAG
GOLF BALL
ROPE.

 

SEA GLASS.

 

SEA POTTERY.

 

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW 24 -10 -15,

TWO IN TOW TODAY. HEAD TO HEAD!

VIEW NORTH AROUND 10 AM

HOLE IN THE CLOUDS.

GRAVEL = FINDS .

BUTTER WOULDN'T MELT ! BUT THEY CAN BE HARD WORK.

MARKER.

#2MINUTEBEACHCLEAN

SEATON CAREW SEA POTTERY, SOMEONE CANNOT SPELL MIDDLESBROUGH.

SEATON CAREW SEA GLASS.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW ...23-10-15

NOT LONG AFTER SUN UP.. TOWARDS THE RIVER TEES.

THE VILLAGE.

SHIP LEAVING PORT...START OF THE DAY.



EVERYTHING WAS PALE GOLD.

BEACH DOG.

THE SERPENT.

GET IN!

ODD PIECE ...WAS POTTERY WITH LAYER OF GLASS ON TOP...

SOME LOVELY SEA POTTERY FINDS.

SEA GLASS.

#2MINUTEBEACHCLEAN
BEACH BUOY.....

 

SEAHAM ... 18 10 15

SOMEBODY FORGOT TO TAKE THE CAMERA!

THE TIDE WAS ON THE WAY IN.

I GOT SOME BONNIE STONES AND OLD STONE BOTTLE TOPS,

 



BONNIE COLOURED GLASS

GREEN.

CLEAR GLASS.

WE RETURNED THE MESSAGE IN THE BOTTLE WE HAD FOUND ;IT WAS RELEASED AT SEAHAM.

BEACH BUOY.



SEATON CAREW 17-10-15.

IT LOOKED LIKE RAIN, BUT ENDED UP A SUNNY DAY.

LOOKING NORTH.

CLOUDS .

HE WOULD LOVE TO LIVE ON THE BEACH.

NICE GLASS FIND.

MOUTH OF THE RIVER TEES... LOW TIDE

HARTLEPOOL BAY

SEATON CAREW.

#2MINUTEBEACHCLEAN

SEATON CAREW SEA GLASS.



FOSSILS AND SEA POTTERY.



SALVAGED FROM GHOST FISHING GEAR.

I HAD HOPED TO RE-LAUNCH THE MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE I HAD FOUND.
THE WIND WAS OFF THE SEA AND I HADNT VENTURED FAR FROM HARTLEPOOL BAY.

BEACH BUOY.