Posts Tagged: Beach
Added to the eyes down album
After catching up with my son I’ve added to the eyes down album.
Like a lot of parents and carers contact has been sporadic at best and none existent at worst over the course of the pandemic.
We managed a short outing to a nearby beach before the rain came in. Here are a couple of examples:
The rest can be found in the Eyes Down album here .
I hope that whoever you’ve missed in your family, your managing to meet more often now things are relaxing a bit.
Blast Beach Seaham
Blast Beach, Seaham
A recent opportunity led to me exploring Blast Beach in Seaham, County Durham.
The beach was once so polluted from local mining operations that it featured as a desolate landscape in the sci-fi film Aliens 3. After a monumental clean up it can now be enjoyed as a ‘proper’ beach again.
Blast Beach 1
The nearby free parking leads across the top of the cliff and down a very steep and sometimes slippery path (the dip in the cliff face, photo above) The access I’ve found so far is only suitable for the able bodied.
A wander along the shore line can reveal some interesting items:
Londonderry brick
This well eroded brick still clearly shows its place of origin. You can only speculate as to how this turned up on the North East Coast of England.
Layers
The above photo shows remnants of the deposits on the beach in different coloured layers.
Arch
There could be some interesting opportunities for long exposure photography but it will require some return trips. And not leaving the tripod in the car.
A short walk (and even shorter drive) will find you in Seaham. There is a harbour and lovely Promenade with numerous places to stop and have a coffee or meal. Even better when we don’t have to worry about the dreaded C word. I’ll do a separate post on Seaham in the new year.
Being on the North East coast at this time of year (actually anytime of year) I would advise appropriate clothing.
There can be a quite bracing wind 🙂
Actually managed to get out
Actually managed to get out ….. for the first time in a while.
Due to the easing of Covid related restrictions we drove down to the beach and had some nice sea front exercise.
Despite pictures in the UK press, everybody was sensible and observed social distancing. They also appeared to be enjoying the weather and opportunity.
Fortunately we went out relatively early. It looked like it was going to get really busy.
Just being out really lifted our spirits. We are looking forward to being able to do this more often. It seems like Covid has dominated the first half of this year.
Lets try and make the most of what’s left in what promises to be a different normal.