Good Friends Visit Us and More Walks

My last morning walk and a circular route round the Golf Course via the Power Station. The Motto of this photo is Let Sleeping Horses Lie.

A great block of Sandstone on the Beach

Brambles everywhere and an excellent crop.

The Power Station on my Wednesday morning walk.

The Power Station from a different approach on my Friday morning walk

The Horses enjoying the morning sun 

Lots of good habitat for wildlife.

 

On Thursday morning John and Sandria visited us from Edinburgh en route to see Sandria's sister in Huntingdon. While they were with us we fixed up a 75th Birthday holiday treat for John and myself with the girls in North Uist next May. We all celebrated our 70th Birthdays in Orkney so this will be another Island adventure. 

John and Sandria make friends with this young couple on Newbiggin Promenade.

On Wednesday we were joined for the afternoon with Bob and Pam Bowen. Bob and I worked together at Wilson Logistics for a while. He was based in Manchester but we worked on a huge project in Newcastle to ship 2 Submersible Ploughs for laying subsea fibre optic cables to Korea. This involved chartering a vessel to take them to Rotterdam and then on a huge Vessel out to Korea. We did it twice and made a lot more money on the second one than we did on the first one. 

We have enjoyed a week of glorious weather in Northumberland but it was no substitute for spending time with the family in California, where we normally go in September, but a good second best. 

Our First 24 Hours in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea

We arrived on Saturday afternoon and within an hour I was walking along the 1 mile promenade and then back along there shoreline of the beach. 

It is a really nice promenade and the houses are not fancy but look nice and affordable. In The Times last weekend Newbiggin-by-the-Sea was described as one of the most affordable seaside places in England, although that will push prices up.

This is a most unusual statue of a young couple looking out to sea. 

Looking across to the Maritime Centre and the Church

Just off the promenade is a lovely central area with cafe's and a Bandstand

A smaller version of the sea statue beside the promenade.

 

Sunday morning and after breakfast I am off for a walk beside the Golf Course and Caravan park

It's low tide and this fisherman is trying his luck from the rocks. No coastal erosion here.

In the distance at the furthermost end of the Golf Course is a Power Station

No beach looks it's best at low tide but when the tide is in this will be quite nice.

The path next to the Caravan Site but it petered out and I had to turn back and then go along by the Golf Course.

The Golf Clubhouse. There were loads of Golfers on the course this morning so its very popular. I am not a golfer but it looked a bit dull compared to some of the Links courses in Scotland. 

The rocky foreshore

Another view of the Power Station

The beach next to the Power Station