avoiding trouble

21st April 2018, Howick shore, 6:30am

I leave the house early to find peace and solitude and to see aspects of nature that few others witness.
I find it best to avoid the crowds which will descend on Northumberland today (sunny weekend).

The light over the sea was beautiful and we had a grand walk despite a burnt out sofa on one beach a couple lighting a fire on another beach some rogue sheep to negotiate and a vicious little dog that had a go at Daisy.

I was quite glad to get home and leave the coast to the ravages that the day will bring.

the solitude of the lurcher walker

20th April 2018, Beadnell Bay, 6:15am

Up early for a treat.  Still too late for sunrise but early enough for a peaceful walk up the sand with a glassy sea and yesterday's footprints for company.

I've learned not to expect Daisy to trot along by my side and when it's this quiet I don't mind her running off to nose around the long grass of the dunes.  Eventually we caught each other up and she was in hunting mode - ever alert and looking for trouble...

layers

19th April 2018, Embleton Bay, 8am

Properly warm.  Daisy cooled her paws in the sea and I was only wearing 3 layers and summer trousers.  Lovely!

unremarkable

18th April 2018, Embleton Bay, 8am

I tell people that i record the landscape as I find it - whatever the weather but i am sometimes guilty of only recording remarkable weather and leaving the grey days to themselves.

This morning was unremarkable in its featureless greyness.

shaggy dog tail

17th April 2018, Dunstanburgh, 8am

Someone's been digging into this WW2 dugout which previously was just a depression in the grass.  It's interesting to see the structure of the stonework.  This is one of 10 "weapons pits" that were part of a trench and dugout system around a pillbox close to Dunstanburgh castle.  Personally I wouldn't dig around too much or it could all blow up in your face!

17th April 2018, Newton Point, 3pm

Warm but windy and Daisy's fur was in a state!

The clouds were beautiful

mist retreating

16th April 2018, Embleton Bay, 8am

At last a warm day.  Daisy was warm enough to cool her paws.

The last tendrils of the morning fog seemed reluctant to release their grip on the castle towers.  I live for photographic opportunities like this.

sisters together

14th April 2018, Dunstanburgh, 7:15am

At last a hint of sunlight.

As the seasons roll by the sunrise becomes more inaccessible.

I was out at 7:15 this morning but that was more than an hour after sunrise. Still there can be beautiful light at any time and I was there just in time for the first of the day's sun to peak out from the mist and clouds that were retreating off to the East.