tweed.to.tyne

I was thinking about the sea and how many lives it has taken. My photo doesn't do justice to the beautiful imagery generated by the words of George Mackay Brown, the voice of Orkney.

30.10.2023 10:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Babet has gone and a calm has settled over Beadnell Bay. Huge clumps of seaweed and collapsed dunes record the power of the storm and incessant frothing lines of breakers disperse the residue of pent up energy in the North Sea. #Northumberland

23.10.2023 07:24 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Stained-glass glaziers are a skilled bunch. Beautiful examples of their work are found in the most remote parishes. Here's a 19th C example found in the church of St Gregory the Great, Kirknewton - Northumberland. The passage of light through vibrant colours brings life to the darkest of spaces.

22.10.2023 12:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I've got to say your book was a lot easier to read and made a lot more sense 😀

16.10.2023 21:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I'm glad you enjoy the photos. It's good to know that your grandparents made a success of their life in Australia 😀

15.10.2023 14:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It didn't feel like the start of autumn on the North Northumberland coast today. The Redbarns dunes provide a great vantage point. I even managed to glimpse the weird sight of waves coming in at right-angles to each other over Islestone rock 😀

12.10.2023 16:50 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Reykjavik, a few years ago. I was rooted to the spot when I saw this mural. I didn't know then it was by the amazing Guido van Helten guidovanhelten.com/projects/kyi...

02.10.2023 16:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

On a recent walk in the Cheviots (Northumberland) I came across this sign, which somehow manages to turn a perfectly reasonable request into a threat? 😯

02.10.2023 15:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's Michaelmas day, the third 'quarter' day of the year. St Michael is one of the main angelic warriors, slayer of Satan and protector against the dark of the night (not against the Dark Knight otherwise he would be fighting Batman). He's well represented in #Northumberland

29.09.2023 15:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

At last, a wonderfully clear and erudite book by @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social that discusses what can go wrong if we lose our ability to appreciate the distinction between mental health and mental illness.

27.09.2023 08:39 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

For me the raw character of the #Shetland coast is expressed better in black and white. I've chucked in the oldest Stevenson lighthouse in Shetland (Sumburgh Head) as it has been in continuous use since its construction in 1821.

24.09.2023 13:12 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Contender for my favourite Trig Point. Cross the St Ninian tombolo in #Shetland and then take the gentle walk up to Loose Head for a magnificent view towards Foula, 26 miles away.

23.09.2023 13:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How do I say it's calm without saying it's calm? I post some peaceful reflections found in the tiny Cunningsburgh marina in #Shetland.

21.09.2023 20:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Beautiful clinker lines (overlapping planks) on this replica of the 9th century 'Skidbladner' ship discovered in a burial ground in Vestfold, Norway. In Old Norse Skíðblaðnir means 'assembled from thin pieces of wood' - you pretty much get what is says on the tin #Viking 😀

21.09.2023 08:53 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0