SEATON SANDS 09-08-2017

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BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS 08 AUG. 2017.

An early morning visit today.
The colours were pale once again..

A Sea coal gatherer.

Sammy the Seal for company today; lovely.

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Plastic Straws are a menace.

Recent finds...




Beach  Buoy.

SEATON SANDS 07 AUG 2017.

BEACH BUOY.

ST. MARY'S ISLAND AND BLYTH 06 AUGUST 2017.

THERE IS A HANDY CAR PARK NEAR THE LIGHTHOUSE.
AT THE MOMENT PARKING IS £1-20 AN HOUR.
THE TICKET CAN USED AT OTHER CAR PARKS IN THE AREA THAT ARE LISTED ON THE TICKET MACHINES

WE MANAGED TO TIME THE TIDE CORRECTLY TO ALLOW US ACCESS TO THIS LITTLE GEM ON THE COAST.

THE VIEW NORTH TOWARDS BLYTH; WE WERE TO HEAD THERE LATER IN THE DAY.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LOVELY LITTLE BUILDINGS ON THE SMALL ISLAND.

IF YOU SPEND ANYTIME THERE YOU MAY NOTICE THAT THE AEROPLANES HEADING TO NEWCASTLE AIRPORT SEEM TO COME UP THE COAST AND TURN INLAND JUST AFTER THE LIGHTHOUSE. SO IN A WAY IT SEEMS TO BE USED AS A MODERN DAY MARKER AS WELL AS ONE FOR SEAFARERS OF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE.

BLYTH.


BEACH BUOY.

06- AUG 2017 SEATON SANDS.

NICE PALE MORNING LIGHT... ARRIVED AT BEACH 7 AM.

THE SEA FILLS A BIT OF A LAGOON WITH SOME OLD PIPE WORK AS A DEPTH MARKER.

JUST HOW I LIKE IT, EMPTY AND NO FOOTPRINTS.

THE FINDS.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS, HARTLEPOOL 05 AUG. 2017

EARLY START.

THE SUN JOINED US.

US.

SEA GLASS AND SEAWEED.

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FINDS.

BEACH BUOY.

WHY THE BEACH?

Why the Beach?

The Beach gives many things to many people.

I go on the Beach a lot; it's Home.

I have researched my family tree and discovered  that I come from a long line of seafarers in one way or another.
I have traced my family to Robin Hood's Bay back to a marriage there in 1600 and they were there until around 1860/1864 when my Great Great grandmother came to Hartlepool.
We have been here ever since.

Great grandfather sailed Windjammers, worked for the Port and in later days rang the Fog bell on Hartlepool Pier. 

In 1901 he received the Sea Gallantry Medal for his rescue of crew of the shipwrecked trio.

My other Great grandfather was a Pilot; guiding ships into Hartlepool Port. Here is he is in his uniform.

My Grandfather was in the Navy in WW1 and  a fouyboatman at Hartlepool in later years.
Here is is below in his Navy days... on the Left.
I never met him.

I spent many hours with my Father on the beach and I suppose in a way the Beach is my Field of Dreams,
Go and he will come
He died suddenly on 1982.
Maybe one day he will walk with me?
Here he is in his favourite photograph taken after a shrimping trip in Hartlepool Bay.

It was taken by me in Middleton Harbour near the Cabins.

He was wearing he favourite Whitby Slicker and had gone to get the bucket to get fresh water to boil the  Shrimps.

Here is me aged 15 steering the Boat that day.

We went on the Beach most weekends.

I go as much as I can now.

BEACH BUOY

SEAHAM HALL BEACH 04 AUGUST 2017.

Arrived as  the tide was well out and still outward bound.

Just after teatime on a Friday and the Beach was very quiet.

Hole.

A Stack.

Walking South but looking North!

THE FINDS.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS 03 AUGUST 2017

A RELAXING WALK.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS 02 AUGUST 2017.

A Lovely night on Seaton Carew Beach in Hartlepool.
Walked to North Gare and back.
The clouds came towards the end of the walk.

The wind had picked up and the Sea became a bit rough...
but thankfully the Sun didn't give up.


BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS 01 AUGUST 2017.

ANOTHER EVENING WALK WITH TWO DOGS PLUS THE ITALIAN MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.

DRAMATIC SKY AND SCULPTURED BEACH TONIGHT.

A PARTIAL RAINBOW WITH A POT OF GOLD AT THE STEELWORKS.

BEACH BUOY.

SEATON SANDS 31-JULY 2017.

AN EVENING WALK, JUST ME AND TWO DOGS TONIGHT.

TIDE WELL OUT AS WE WALKED SOUTH.

FIRST SEA ALLEY FOR A WHILE.

TONIGHT'S FINDS.

BEACH BUOY.