Beached - Sepia Saturday

I nave lost count on how many beaches I have admired, even the empty ones which stretch from the:

Shoreline of Lake Michigan

To the sands of Cornwall.

Empty sands at Crantock, Cornwall

And nearer home in North Yorkshire.

Whitby looking towards Sandsend

However beaches are meant to be played on like this one more that 50 years ago (that's the nearest I'm allowed to date it)

Amy (on the left) and her daughter (future mother-in-law and wife)

Some years later in the 1970s, I get in on the act. Note the flared trousers.

The Scotneys and Andrew, their younger son

A few years earlier it was a case of someone taking charge.

Sandsend again. (Bob, Adrian, Andrew, Rachel laying down the law)

Same beach on a different day, some years later.

Andrew and his children

Apart from empty beaches we can even find an unusually empty sea.

Cornish Surf

This brings me to the UK Pro Surf Tour's Rookie of the Year 2013, grandson Angus Scotney and - .

UK Pro Surf Tour's Beach Bum U16 Boys Champion 2013

If you wish to get more sand between your toes and other unmentionable places then catch a wave and surf over to Sepia-Saturday-202.

Beached - Sepia Saturday

I thought I would explore some beaches found in my archives and take you on a tour from the West of Scotland via the Adriatic coast to Egypt and end up in the South West of England, before a friendly warning.

A seaside postcard from Ayr, Scotland

This card was one of several linked to Robbie Burns but apart from the views contains no other information to help you date when it was taken. It looks prewar to me.

I cannot date my second card from Yorkshire either and you need good eyes to see anything on the South Bay beach.

The Spa and South Bay, Scarborough

I can put a rough date on the next shot taken in the 1940s, probably somewhere in Egypt during the war when the Fleet Air Arm crews were on a beach.

Egypt (?) - 1940s

Sorry that there have been no bathing belles to admire so far; we get a bit closer on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro.

Beach on the isthmus to the island of Sveti Stefan - c1986

Coming back to Cornwall all I have to show are empty beaches.

Camel Estuary, Padstow - May 2011

At least you can see some footprints - I wonder where Man Friday went?

Crantock Beach, Cornwall

That sea is waiting for the surfers to appear.

Meanwhile this little girl is counting her collection.

Hope she hasn't lost count

I wonder if "she sells seashells on the seashore?"

Finally here's that friendly warning that all can see.

I just wish I could remember where this was taken, I must ask my wife to jog my memory - on second thoughts, I had better not.

For more sand and sea take a trip or donkey ride to Alan's place.

Rough Water - Thematic Photography

Any expanse of water that is not as flat as a mill pond is rough to me. So for this week's 'rough' theme I will take you on a tour starting in the South West of England.

Mawgan Porth

A little further along the coast is another beach where people walk their dogs.

Crantock Beach

When conditions are right this area is used for surfing.

My grandson surfing at Crantock (May 2011)

Changing countries and changing scenery takes us to Norway and a postcard from my collection.

Geirangerfjord - Seven Sisters waterfall

Still in Norway there is plenty of white water to be found.

Stream in mountains east of Stavanger

Water flows downhill often in a hurry as it does over in Canada.

Niagara Falls

On the Rhine in Switzerland the falls may not be as high; they are impressive nevertheless.

The Rhine Falls at Neuhausen am Rheinfall

Moving closer to home on the River Tees in Teesdale, County Durham you will find this waterfall.

High Force Waterfall (by StoatBringer)

The Tees Barrage is located a few mile from my home and the final rough picture for today shows how it deals with flood water some of which will fallen over High Force miles inland.

Tees Barrage flood water flowing over weir

I hope my water torture hasn't made you seasick because you must check out other 'rough' posts at Carmi's thematic photographic 157,