SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL. 24 APRIL 2020. ALLOWED EXERCISE WALK.

It had started out as a foggy day.
The sun came out and burnt off the fog and blazed away.
Just before Beach Buoy and Stubborn Dog were due to head for the beach, the mist rolled in; just a light sea fret.
The sun was hidden and there was definite chill in the air.
There was a figure with a Border Collie, down at the water's edge.
Thats them, in the distance.
Beyond them is a dot.
The dot is a prat with large dog but no idea about dog control.

A driftwood scaffolding board.
The patterns were pleasing.

Driftwood 

The new cycle racks.
Maybe they should be named The Sir Billy Connelly Cycle  Racks....
BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL. 23 APRIL 2020. ALLOWED EXERCISE WALK.

Painted Beach Coal... a gift from a workmate, after Beach Buoy supplied him with some beach stones / coal for his wife to paint.
Excellent.
It has been placed on van dashboard and will travel the travels.

Beach Buoy and Stubborn dog arrived at 7 pm.

They headed to the water's edge, once there they continued in a southerly direction.
 

The beach was very quiet.
A Seagull fly directly overhead, crying a Seagull cry.
Beach Buoy copied the call.
The bird seemed to be very interested.
It circled directly above them and called as it circled round and around.
Maybe Beach Buoy had just said
'I have chips'. in Seagull?

They went up to the stack and added a few stones.
They returned to the beach.

They were drawn to the water's edge for the walk back.

8 pm came.
Clap for carers time.
Beach Buoy clapped.
The beach was deserted.

Almost done....
BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL, 22 APRIL 2020.

Beach Buoy and Stubborn Dog left
the house at 6-45 pm.

It was bright and breezy.

The sun was high and the tide was low.

The whole beach seemed to rushing back to the sea.
Beach Buoy knew that feeling well.

Driftwood shadow looking like an angel; to Beach buoy at least.

More driftwood.

They did the stack, before heading back.

Slow walk back......

It's a hard life.....

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL. 21 APRIL 2020. ALLOWED EXERCISE WALK.

After work Beach Buoy and Stubborn Dog went and had a sit in the shed.

Later on, around 6-45 p.m.
they hit the beach on their allowed exercise walk.
It was bright and breezy, as it had been all week long.
The beach was busier than of late.

They say it could be the warmest April for 361 years, though it was still fresh around the lugholes down by the sea.

They did the dune visit.

They headed back down to the beach and along to the North Gare Pier.

The reflections were gorgeous.

They headed back....

'Walk into the light.'

The sun was resting its head on the dunes.

Soon the beach part of the walk would be over.

Car Park.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL. 20 APRIL 2020.. ALLOWED EXRECISE WALK

By the time Beach Buoy and Stubborn Dog reached the bright and breezy beach 
it was 6-55p.m. 
As they left the house people had been walking around in shorts and t-shirts.
Beach Buoy resisted the temptation to wear a wooly hat but still donned a 'Big' coat as he knew the beach would be fresh; it was.
Up went the hoods.

The sky was as clear as the breeze that was blowing off the sea.

A fellow allowed exerciser headed north.
Out in Hartlepool Bay, white horse ran races of their own; point to point with no point.

They took a few stones up to the dune stack.
The dune grass shied away from the sea; bending in the breeze.

The tide was well out, so they were able to walk to the North Gare Pier via the beach.
Sculptured rock pools reflected the bright evening light.

They headed back.
The light was dazzling.
The light was stunning.
The light was gorgeous.
The light was up-lifting.

Sky.
Sun.
Shingle.
Sand. 
Sea.
Seaton Carew.

Hartlepool.

BEACH BUOY.

SUNDAY 19 APRIL 2020, ALLOWED EXERCISE WALK.

Beach Buoy and Stubborn Dog left the house at 5-50 am
There was a clear sky and a slight breeze.
In a roadside gutter, a dandelion had already gone to seed.
A Lone Goose flew overhead as it headed towards the river.

As they turned at the end of the road, it was clear that the sun had already risen.
The bungalows and flats opposite the Golf Club had windows of gold.
They reached the beach.
The tide was well out and the sun was fairly high up above the horizon.

They headed for the strand line. 

The beach was theirs.
Beach Buoy paused a moment and Stubborn Dog shock himself from nose to tail and they were off.

The morning was gorgeous.
Beach Buy took photographs and edited them as he walk so some may be over-filtered ... its a learning game.

A young seal was heading for the sea from the dunes.
It  was fine.
Beach Buoy and Stubborn Dog kept their distance.
They seem to access the dunes at high tide, then wake to find that the sea has gone way out.

The light and the filters were changing constantly.

The wet sand produced some fantastic reflections.

Driftwood with branches and shadows.

They put a few stones on the dune stack before heading back to the beach.
A Skylark sang overhead.
They headed South; the Skylark seemed to follow.

Water drained from rock pools.
Beach Buoy was happy to be sharing the beach with Stubborn Dog, a Seal and a Skylark.

They reached the North Gare Pier at 7-07 am.

They checked on the young seal as they headed back. All was  good, just tracks leading to the sea.

Beach Buoy liked to make note of beach messages.
they range from people's names,'Send Nudes!' to this one today.

They headed back on the deserted Road.

Nearly there.....

They sat in the garden and drank coffee.

Duncan Gingerbread doesn't like tea,
He wanted to live a life by the sea,
He doesn't like beverages; the ones that are hot,
Became nervous when he heard them filling a pot,
He escaped in a boat, he'd carved out of Toffee,
Sadly it sank in an Ocean of Coffee.

BEACH BUOY.