The Watch House, Rocky Island, Seaton Sluice
An 1880 volunteer lifeboat watch house, now run as a museum.The weather here today has been constant mizzle, later turning into full-on rain, but the general trend has been towards the warmer clim...
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The home of the ‘Whitella’, and the Zeiss 45mm F2 Contax G-mount
I recently had to get my car checked out for a coolant issue so dropped it at a garage near the beach and went for a walk in the waning light to try out a couple of new (old) Zeiss Contax len...
Art inspiration: reproducing a composition
An art print hanging on our wall inspired me to see how closely I could reproduce the composition in real life
Di Meo’s ice cream and the Whitella
The beach at Whitley Bay is just a short walk from our house. Down at the edge of the beach is this ice cream hut run by Di Meo’s, who have a pizza restaurant and ice cream shop on the parade nearb...
RNLI Cullercoats Lifeboat Station
On a short house-hunting trip in February I went for a wander down to the beach in Cullercoats Bay with my son and my mother, and took the Fuji GFX 50S with me. I love photographing in Cullercoats ...