DRIFTWOOD SMILES AND SEATON CAREW BEACH 19-10-14.

DRIFTWOOD SMILES.

MORE IN PROGRESS.

SEATON CAREW, ABOUT AN HOUR UNTIL DARK.

GERMAN SHEPARD OWNERS WALK.

THE STRONG WINDS HAD TAKEN ALL OF THE SOFT SAND.

THE STRONG WINDS EXPOSE GEMS LIKE THIS...

IT WAS A SUNDAY

CHILL TIME.

 

 

 

BEACH BUOY.

DUSK 'TIL DARK SEATON BEACH WALK 18 10 14.

THE BEACH TOWARDS SEATON CAREW ....DUSK.

THE DOG WAS SPOOKED BY SOMETHING IN THE DARKNESS AND WANTED A CARRY.
DID MY BEST TO TAKE A PHOTOGRAPH AT SAME TIME.

THE DISTANT LIGHTS OF THE RIVER TEES.

BACK TOWARDS SEATON CAREW.... AFTER PASSING A BEACH FISHERMAN IN THE DARK.



 

 

BEACH BUOY.

 

:-(



31 MILES TO WASHINGTON.18 10 14

WHEN I WAS A CHILD MY FATHER TOLD ME

THAT WHEN ANYONE GOES ON THE BEACH  ALONE IN THE DARK

MAYBE TO CHECK THE PEGS (A METHOD OF CATCHING FISH.)

THEY SHOULD TAKE TWO TORCHES

SO THAT FROM THE SHORE

PEOPLE MAY THINK THERE WAS TWO PEOPLE ON THE BEACH AND THAT THERE WOULD BE LESS CHANCE OF THEM COMING AND TRYING TO STEAL THE FISH,

AFTER LAST NIGHT'S MYSTERY MAN ON THE  BEACH...

I BOUGHT A SECOND TORCH, ONE THAT WOULD HANG ON MY COAT AND FROM A DISTANCE IT WOULD LOOK LIKE TWO PEOPLE.

IT HAD BEEN A LOVELY WEATHER DAY BUT THE SEA WAS ROUGH AS A STORM WAS ON THE WAY.

THE DOG AND I WALKED TO THE BEACH

AND LIT THE TWO LIGHTS

THE NIGHT WAS WARM BUT THE SEA WAS ROUGH AND SOUNDED FANTASTIC AS WE APPROACHED THE TIDE.

ODDLY UPTO THE SOUTH THE WAS ANOTHER TORCH MAN ON THE BEACH.

THEN TO THE NORTH THERE WAS A FLASHY LIGHT THE ON BEACH SIMILAR TO THOSE USED ON CYCLES.

A NO TORCH/HI VIZ COAT MAN PASSED BY AT SOME DISTANCE.

THE BEACH WALK WAS RELAXING

AS I CAME OFF THE BEACH AND JOINED THE PROM ANOTHER MAN APPEARED FROM THE SHADOWS.

"WHAT ARE THOSE LIGHTS?"

IT TURNS OUT HE WAS A SINGER WHO HAD COME TO SEATON CAREW IN THE DARK

TO SING AT A LOCAL PUB.

HE THOUGHT ALL THE SHIPS ANCHORED OFFSHORE AND THEIR LIGHTS WAS ANOTHER TOWN, ACROSS THE WATER.

WE CHATTED ABOUT DOGS,WORK,THE SEA ,THE RIVER AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS 31 MILES FROM WHERE HE LIVED IN WASHINGTON TO SEATON CAREW,  THEN IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO GO AND SING .

HE SHOOK MY HAND AS HE SAID GOODBYE.

IT WAS A GOOD CHAT,

 

 

BEACH BUOY.

 

:-(

 

RED SEA GLASS.

FOUND THIS RED GLASS TODAY.

GUESS I NEED TO CLEAN SHED WINDOWS!

 

 

BEACH BUOY.

 

:-(

 

 

 



ROUGH SEA,CALM DAY AND RED SEA GLASS. 17 10 14. SEATON CAREW.

SEATON BEACH WITH HARTLEPOOL HEADLAND IN THE DISTANCE.

SUPER!

HE LIKES A CHILL.

SUN, SEA,SAND,SURF,SKY AND SEAGLASS.

THE CHOPPY SEA MEANS LOTS OF SEAWEED ONSHORE.



INTO PORT.
THE TEES.



SEATON CAREW BAY.



THE NORTH SEA.



THE FINDS.

CLOSE UP.
I THOUGHT I HAD LOST THE RED SEAGLASS.
IT ENDED UP IN MY POCKET.

SEA POTTERY.

BEACH BOUY.

 

BEACH NIGHT. 16 10 14.

ANOTHER

BEACH IN DARK WALK,

TORCH IN HAND.

A FIGURE APPEARED FROM HE DARK,

"ARE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING?"

HE ASKED.

THEN HE WANDERED OFF TO FIND HIS DOG.

 

BEACH BUOY.

 

SEATON BEACH ON A DARK AND WINDY NIGHT {WITH A TORCH.} 15 10 14.

IN TORCHLIGHT,IN A STRONG WIND.
HE CHILLS OUT ENJOYING THE SEA AIR,
PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN ON PHONE.

OUT OF THE DARKNESS THIS TANGLE OF BROKEN CRABPOTS AND ROPE APPEARED IN THE TORCH BEAM ON THE WATER'S EDGE.




BEACH BUOY.
:-(

NIGHT BEACH. 13 OCT 2014.

A STORMY NIGHT.

A WALK ON THE PROM TURNED INTO

A WALK ON A DARK WINDSWEPT BEACH.

ALL OF THE LOOSE SAND HAD HEADED SOUTH

THE MASS OF THE WHITE SURF

BREAKING ONTO BEACH

REFLECTED WHAT LIGHT THERE WAS.

 

IT WAS ODD BEING ON THE BEACH

IN THE DARK,BUT IT WAS

INVIGORATING.

 

BEACH BUOY.

:-(

 



SEATON CAREW BEACH AND KEEPING BUSY WITH DRIFTWOOD, 11 OCT 2014

IT WAS A SUNNY MID MORNING.

THE SEA THE SAND THE SKY.

THE BEACH.

THE WAVES SEEMED TO ROLL IN AS IF THEY WERE STEPS TO THE SECRET OF THE DEEP.

TWO SHOPPING BASKETS HAD BEEN JOINED TO MAKE A CRAB/LOBSTER POT...IT HAD BROKEN FREE AND THEY HAD ONLY CAUGHT A STARFISH....

I SET HIM FREE IN THIS ODD POOL CREATED BY SOMETHING WORTHY OF INVESTIGATION.

NOT MANY FINDS, BUT THE BEACH SMELT OF SEA WEED DRYING IN THE SUN...FANTASTIC SMELL!

KEPT SELF BUSY WITH DRIFTWOOD.
THINK I MANAGED TO GET PORT AND STARBOARD RIGHT.

KEY HOLDER.

ODD PIECE OF WOOD WITH CURVED AND WEDGED SHAPED BACK.

BEACH BUOY

:-(