watching the sunrise

5th March 2017, Beadnell Bay, 6:30am

A beautiful morning watching the sunrise with no-one else in sight.

The new sunlight plays tricks with shadows on the sand...

...and lights the top of things first.

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early sunrise

1st March 2017, Embleton Bay, 7am

Sunrise is now just before 7am and we just caught the sun coming over the horizon.

1st March 2017, Bamburgh, 10am

A few shots from today's PhotoTrail around Bamburgh Castle

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Lowry

26th Feb 2017, Berwick

A wander around Berwick on a chilly, blustery day.

 LS Lowry often visited Berwick and painted here sometimes.  There is a Lowry trail around some of the sites he painted from.  At the lighthouse (see above) there is this panel describing one of his empty sea views from 1942

 ...and here's the view today showing many similarities with the gentle waves and blue-grey skies.

He liked to include dogs in his paintings too.

messages on the wind

25th Feb 2017, Embleton Bay, 7:30am

Up the top of the dunes waiting for the other dogs to move along the beach so we can get a bit of space for a run about.

26th Feb 2017, Dunstanburgh, 7:30am

We're walking towards the sunrise.  A chilly biting wind is whipping through Daisy's fur but she seems to love to stand in the wind as it brings her smells from far away.

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deep breath

21st Feb 2017, Beadnell Bay, 7am

An early start as a day in the big city beckons.

The sunrise was my last deep breath before diving into the world of the city...

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relaxed

19th Feb 2017, Embleton Bay, 7am

Not many folk about for sunrise this morning.  Why would you lie in bed when you could be here? - I don't get it.

It suits me to have the beach to ourselves though.  A very peaceful relaxed walk.

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time to go?

17th Feb 2017, Beadnell Bay, 7am

The pre-dawn light was beautiful and we wandered up to the Long Nanny bridge.

Back down the beach, still before the sunrise.

Curlews - one of my favourite birds.  Soon they'll leave the coast for their inland moors to breed.  I first heard curlews when I was 3 years old in Leverburgh on Harris and their call is the soundtrack of so many memories from throughout my life.

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