July draws to an end with another showery day and with more forecast for the foreseeable days and weeks.
This morning's rain headed out over the sea to leave blue skies. Just like yesterday.
Monday, 31 July 2017
A Monday morning
31st July 2017, Dunstanburgh, 7:30am
July draws to an end with another showery day and with more forecast for the foreseeable days and weeks.
This morning's rain headed out over the sea to leave blue skies. Just like yesterday.
July draws to an end with another showery day and with more forecast for the foreseeable days and weeks.
This morning's rain headed out over the sea to leave blue skies. Just like yesterday.
changing weather
30th July 2017, Embleton Bay, 8am
Very calm seas after the morning rain. The grey rain clouds are brooding out to the East but blue skies coming this way from the West...The best light is when the weather is changing
Very calm seas after the morning rain. The grey rain clouds are brooding out to the East but blue skies coming this way from the West...The best light is when the weather is changing
crystal waters
27th July 2017, Football Hole, 4pm
Beautiful water to cool the paws.
29th July 2017, Beadnell Bay, 6pm
A sunny Saturday spent in the house until the beach crowds dispersed a little bit.
Beautiful water to cool the paws.
29th July 2017, Beadnell Bay, 6pm
A sunny Saturday spent in the house until the beach crowds dispersed a little bit.
between showers
26th July 2017, Embleton Bay, 8:30am
Some of the local horses out for their morning ride.
26th July 2017, Newton Point, 4pm
It's all about timing the dog walk to miss the showers...
Some of the local horses out for their morning ride.
26th July 2017, Newton Point, 4pm
It's all about timing the dog walk to miss the showers...
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
40 winks
25th July 2017, Newton Point, 4pm
It's nice to have such a chilled out hound for company. She sat and watched the world go by while I had 40 winks listening to the waves.
Monday, 24 July 2017
winter moods
24th July 2017, Holy Island, 11am
A fun Photo training session on Holy Island despite the wintry conditions!
It seemed to invite black and white photography...
A fun Photo training session on Holy Island despite the wintry conditions!
It seemed to invite black and white photography...
Sunday, 23 July 2017
a bit damp
23rd July 2017, Newton Point, 7:30am
This summer there does seem to have been a lot of wet cold weather between the odd very hot day...
This summer there does seem to have been a lot of wet cold weather between the odd very hot day...
Friday, 21 July 2017
Hidden Northumberland
21st July 2017, Roughting Linn, 11am
An interesting day out mooching about the hidden gems of Northumberland. These beautiful abstract rock carvings are found all over N Britain and there are loads in Northumberland. They are hard to date but are definitely ancient and most likely late stone age.
These figurative animal carvings of goat crag also cannot be dated and some think they're quite modern. If they are prehistoric then they are unique in UK.
Quite lucky to see a fair bit of water in these wee falls. A beautiful, peaceful place worth knowing about when the beaches are crowded...
An interesting day out mooching about the hidden gems of Northumberland. These beautiful abstract rock carvings are found all over N Britain and there are loads in Northumberland. They are hard to date but are definitely ancient and most likely late stone age.
These figurative animal carvings of goat crag also cannot be dated and some think they're quite modern. If they are prehistoric then they are unique in UK.
Quite lucky to see a fair bit of water in these wee falls. A beautiful, peaceful place worth knowing about when the beaches are crowded...
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
grey and cool
19th July 2017, Embleton Bay, 8am
Ah, the peaceful cool of a grey morning. Fair weather beach walkers need not apply for here is beauty for the connoisseur!
Ah, the peaceful cool of a grey morning. Fair weather beach walkers need not apply for here is beauty for the connoisseur!
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
fishing in the right place
18th July 2017, Embleton Bay, 7:30am
This fishing coble stops here everyday through the summer catching (I believe) salmon and sea trout. If he didn't do it for the fishing you would pay him to park his coble here purely for aesthetic reasons...
This fishing coble stops here everyday through the summer catching (I believe) salmon and sea trout. If he didn't do it for the fishing you would pay him to park his coble here purely for aesthetic reasons...
hot and blue
17th July 2017, Embleton Bay, 7:30am
Coming home to this from a wet weekend is like going on holiday...
Coming home to this from a wet weekend is like going on holiday...
17th July 2017, Newton Point 4pm
A baking hot day by UK standards. Daisy led the way so she could could cool off in the sea...
herbalism
14th July 2017, Embleton Bay, 7:30am
Enjoying a sunny Northumberland morning before a weekend in Scotland with a rainy forecast...
Woody Nightshade. A bonny wee flower and an interesting herbal history according to Wiki...
Solanum dulcamara has been valued by herbalists since ancient Greek times. In the Middle Ages the plant was thought to be effective against witchcraft, and was sometimes hung around the neck of cattle to protect them from the "evil eye".
John Gerard's Herball (1597) states that "the juice is good for those that have fallen from high places, and have been thereby bruised or beaten, for it is thought to dissolve blood congealed or cluttered anywhere in the intrals and to heale the hurt places."
Enjoying a sunny Northumberland morning before a weekend in Scotland with a rainy forecast...
Woody Nightshade. A bonny wee flower and an interesting herbal history according to Wiki...
Solanum dulcamara has been valued by herbalists since ancient Greek times. In the Middle Ages the plant was thought to be effective against witchcraft, and was sometimes hung around the neck of cattle to protect them from the "evil eye".
John Gerard's Herball (1597) states that "the juice is good for those that have fallen from high places, and have been thereby bruised or beaten, for it is thought to dissolve blood congealed or cluttered anywhere in the intrals and to heale the hurt places."
Thursday, 13 July 2017
First aid
13th July 2017, Embleton Bay, 8am
Hurt paw makes her yelp
Soon forgotten in the sea
Cool waters cure all
Soon forgotten in the sea
Cool waters cure all
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
Wandering
12th July 2017, Embleton Bay, 8am
A nice morning to wander along in each others footsteps.
12th July 2017, Newton Point, 4pm
Burnet moths in great profusion at the moment.
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
A rare evening
11th July 2017 Dunstanburgh 8pm
We don't go for an evening walk very often but it had been wet all day so we made the most of a warm evening.
Saturday, 8 July 2017
Don't get comfortable
8th July 2017, Dunstanburgh, 7am
The sun is out and the sky is blue. Just in case you get too comfortable, Northumberland has provided a chilly breeze to keep things in balance...
Friday, 7 July 2017
Soft
7th July 2017, Embleton Bay, 7:30am
A gentle light this morning. Not quite grey but not quite bright either.
Thursday, 6 July 2017
more ancestors
6th July 2017, Bewick, 10am
One of my favourite walks with huge historic interest.
Here's the bronze-age burial cairn...
...and then further up the hill are cup and ring marked boulders. They could be contemporaneous with the cairn but are probably older. Old Bewick Moor is significant in British rock art as it is the place where the first panel was recognised as a man-made phenomenon in the early 19th century
One of my favourite walks with huge historic interest.
Here's the bronze-age burial cairn...
...and then further up the hill are cup and ring marked boulders. They could be contemporaneous with the cairn but are probably older. Old Bewick Moor is significant in British rock art as it is the place where the first panel was recognised as a man-made phenomenon in the early 19th century
Wednesday, 5 July 2017
measuring days by wild flowers
5th July 2017, Craster/Howick, 3pm
There were several bees on the wild thyme patch. You see so many unwell looking bees these days that it was nice to see them energetic and happy doing their thing.
The next on the agenda for wild flowers is the harebell and I saw my first of the season today including this one just about to pop open.
The sea pinks are always beautiful and they provide a lovely contrast to the lichens and rock
There were several bees on the wild thyme patch. You see so many unwell looking bees these days that it was nice to see them energetic and happy doing their thing.
The next on the agenda for wild flowers is the harebell and I saw my first of the season today including this one just about to pop open.
The sea pinks are always beautiful and they provide a lovely contrast to the lichens and rock
interesting and sandy
4th July 2017, Embleton Bay, 8am
A fairly dull day but the patterns of the burn flowing over the sand are endlessly interesting.
A fairly dull day but the patterns of the burn flowing over the sand are endlessly interesting.
Sunday, 2 July 2017
sun's back
2nd July 2017, Football Hole, 6am
At last the sun is back.
Daisy was enjoying the sun and wind on her fur
At last the sun is back.
Daisy was enjoying the sun and wind on her fur
old things revisited
1st July 2017, Embleton Bay, 8am
Looks like the recent spell of wet weather is fading away and it was dry and a bit warmer this morning.
1st July 2017, Chatton Park Hill, 3pm
This the Kettley Stone - it last appeared on this blog in 2012 but it's very and hasn't changed much. It's an early Christian font.
These are much older and no one knows what the significance of these cup and ring marks was to the people who carved them. To me they resemble raindrops hitting a pool of water. (PS sheep poo is of more recent date!) They are in a poor state compared to 2012. I think they had been cleaned up for academic study in the mid-2000's and they're fading back to natural rock now. They're completely surrounded by shoulder-high bracken at this time of year.
This is the view (180 panorama) from this location. Much nicer walk without the mist.
Looks like the recent spell of wet weather is fading away and it was dry and a bit warmer this morning.
1st July 2017, Chatton Park Hill, 3pm
This the Kettley Stone - it last appeared on this blog in 2012 but it's very and hasn't changed much. It's an early Christian font.
These are much older and no one knows what the significance of these cup and ring marks was to the people who carved them. To me they resemble raindrops hitting a pool of water. (PS sheep poo is of more recent date!) They are in a poor state compared to 2012. I think they had been cleaned up for academic study in the mid-2000's and they're fading back to natural rock now. They're completely surrounded by shoulder-high bracken at this time of year.
This is the view (180 panorama) from this location. Much nicer walk without the mist.
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