This is the fourth of the “Travels Down Memory Lane Series”. Over the last couple of years, there hasn’t been an opportunity for holidays away. So I decided to look at some of the posts I’d planned to write, and for various reasons, I hadn’t. Nothing is as much fun as walking down memory lane and revisiting and sharing the photographs and journals from our travels.
I had high hopes for our visit to Seaham in Co Durham. I know that Seaham is one of the foremost seaglass beaches in northern England, and I looked forward to our visit there.
I was excited to spend an afternoon looking for seaglass on this beach. It was an extraordinary beach. It was beautiful, wild, rugged, and a steep walk down to the beach and back up!
I only found a few bits, a beautiful teardrop shape, but I was disappointed. At the end of the day, as I know from my favourite sea glassing beach, every one of these beaches has pockets where there is exciting sea glass to be found and other sections that seldom get any sea glass on it. Regular seaglassers always know the best place to look.
The colony of sand martins seemed very nervous! Then we looked up and realised why!
Seaglass is a finite resource, and apparently, these beautiful pieces of glass from Seaham are sought by jewellery designers and shops, probably because of their smooth surface and beautiful shape. They are very different from the irregularly shaped pieces I usually find on our beach.
The tiny pieces of glass we found were beautiful, like little teardrops. The amount of seaglass found on a beach can change with every tide.
As we left the cafe in the car park, we met two lovely ladies heading into Tonja’s Cafe for their weekly Knit and Natter.
After our beachcombing walks on the beach, we walked around Seaham and came across an inspiring statue of the unknown soldier created by a local sculptor.
Neil took some photos of me wearing my Humulus Sweater on the beach. However, I didn’t think they were the most flattering photos of me, so I suggested we stop off on our way back to the cottage near Edlingham Castle and the viaduct to see if we could get better photos.
And, what can I say, I can never resist photographing the local lighthouse! Seaham is a beautiful place to visit, and we enjoyed our day there.
Beautiful photos. Seaham looks a lovely place. The statue of the Unknown Soldier is very poignant isn’t it.
The perfect word to describe the Unknown Soldier statue.