Tag: coast
-
Wolf Moon
Pagan Anglo-Saxons in the days before the adoption of Christianity followed a lunar calendar with the last month of the year was known as ‘Æfterra Geola’ meaning ‘after Yuletide’. So the first full moon after Yule, that ancient festival celebrating the Winter Solstice became known as ‘Æfterra Geola’. Tonight, 10th January, is the first full…
-
South Gare
Shipping forecast for sea area Tyne GALE WARNING issued 9 December 2019 09:54 UTC WIND Northwesterly, backing southerly, 7 to severe gale 9, then decreasing 4 to 6 for a time SEA STATE Rough or very rough. WEATHER Showers then rain. VISIBILITY Good, occasionally poor. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
-
Cove Harbour
I guess I am incredibly lucky. Stopped off at Cove, a picturesque little harbour, just east of Dunbar. Nearing high tide the crashing waves were very tempting. I was leaning my elbows on the harbour wall when I took this. It was the last photo I took with my little Olympus camera. Just a small…
-
Durridge Bay
I must be something of a thalassophile at heart because I do enjoy running along the coast, even though memories of being helplessly seasick are so vivid. But then a beach is also the worst place to run. Time never passes. The beach at Durridge Bay on the Northumberland coast is a 7 mile stretch…
-
The Ship Inn, Saltburn
Early morning, a sleepy Saltburn braces itself for a hot day and the inevitable bank holiday crowds. It is said there used to be four inns in the tiny hamlet of old Saltburn: The Seagull, The Dolphin, The Nimrod and The Ship. Today only The Ship remains, reputed to be a smugglers’ haunt dating to…
-
Farne Islands
The evening sun falls on the lighthouse on Inner Farne seen through a narrow sound mapped as Piper Cut. Three and a half kilometres away. We were anchored off Big Harcar and about to jump into the shallow water to “swim with the seals”. A brilliant experience. The Farne Islands off the coast of Northumberland,…
-
Saltburn pier
A wander around Saltburn on a sultry evening catching the last of the day’s light. A calm sea, no wind but the lighting on the pier was a bit disappointing. Open Space Web-Map builder Code
-
Eyemouth
A run along the dramatic Berwickshire coast from Coldingham to Burnmouth, passing through the picturesque fishing village of Eyemouth. I have been here once before, to launch my sea kayak for a paddle up the coast. But what I remember most is reading about the fishing disaster of 1881. We had stopped at the first…
-
The Cuillin Hills from Applecross
For another trip. This view is across the Inner Sound and through Caol Mòr, the sound between the Isle of Raasay and Scalpay. I can identify Glamaig, the 775m peak to the right, with some confidence, but not, I have to say, any of the others. Well not sure enough to put in print. Open…
-
Rock and surf
A few days spent at Mellon Udrigle. Open Space Web-Map builder Code