To mix it up a bit from all that concrete photography recently here's a few photos from a couple of days spent checking out the coastline along County Durham & Northumberland.
Mostly boats.
& then some concrete...
First up - Seaham, County Durham.
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Then up to Amble in Northumberland. More boats.
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| [ the boat on the right is a traditional Northumbrian Coble ] |
Between these two traditional small harbours (well, somewhere along the 42 miles of coast that separate them) lies Marsden Rock & the adjacent Marsden Grotto restaurant and disco cave, carved into the rock & accessible via a lift...
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| [ disco cave ] |
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| [ disco cave ] |
Then just along the beach at Marsden is this kinda random building, painted up like a army field hospital. Abandoned now...
...who are well stocked up...
& then further up the coast, spotted some more wartime coastal defence concrete, known as the Blyth Battery...
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| [ view from bunker - click to expand ] |
..which is still operational....
....manned by a squad of heavy smoking mannequins...
...who are well stocked up...
..despite it all being hush hush.
..whilst the local residents can relax, knowing their coastline is secure...
...as can the local pre-schoolers...
