SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON 16 JAN 2011

ARRIVED AROUND 7 AM

IT WAS STILL DARK AND VERY WINDY.

I DECIDED TO TAKE MY SMALL POCKET CAMERA AS

I THOUGHT THE WIND BLOWN SAND MAY HAVE DAMAGED MY LARGER CAMERA?

BY THE TIME I REACHED THE BLUE LAGOON THE LIGHT WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO START TAKING PICTURES.

THEY WERE LOTS OF CLOUDS,

COLOURED BY A BLUSH OF PINK.

ON THE WAY BACK ALONG SEATON CAREW BEACH

A GLANCE OVER YOUR SHOULDER

SHOWED JUST HOW MUCH THE SKY HAD CHANGED

BEACH BUOY.....

SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON 15 JAN 2011

ARRIVED AROUND 7-10 AM...ITS WAS WET,WINDY AND STILL DARK

THE TEMP WAS AROUND 8 DEGREES.

BELOW IS THE MOUTH OF THE TEES.

THE SHIP BELOW LOOKS AS THOUGH IT AS ALMOST ON THE SAND!
THE SHIPPING CHANNEL IN THE RIVER TEES.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON CAREW & BLUE LAGOON 09 01 2011

ARRIVED AROUND 7 AM

THE BEACH WAS IN DARKNESS BUT FAIRLY BUSY. BELOW... THE BLUE LAGOON.

BELOW... POSSIBLY AN OLD SHIP TIMBER?

THE CLOUD ABOVE CAME FROM A LOCAL FACTORY

LOOKS LIKE A MAN FALLING.

TODAY'S FINDS ...GOING TO START PICKING UP AND BINNING FISHING LINE

THAT I FIND ON BEACH.

BEACH BUOY.

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.