The breakwater
The sea was boiling today! One of those “wrap up warm, good to be alive” days. It was my final walk with the group before we split up for the Christmas hols, and we stayed local, on Hartlepool’s Headland.
It was all just an excuse to have coffee and scones at Mary Rowntree’s Victorian Tearooms. Wonderful to be inside, out of the cold, in this beautifully restored former church.
This is just a quick thank you post to all who offered me advice and encouragement when I was in despair at the weekend. As you can see, the photo crisis is resolved, and I’m now hastening to put our Christmas tree up, finish the shopping, and catch up with all your blogs. (you know very well that it won’t be in that order!)
See you soon!
restlessjo 
Wow Jo your pictures are fantasia! How close do you leave to the ocean?
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North Sea, but just as cold! I can see it out of my bedroom window and it would take me half hour to walk there (ten mins in the car)
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Wow how lovely! I bet it is cold now.
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FREEZING!
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The photos are fantastic Jo and took me straight back to growing up in England. That cold, grey sea. But I am glad you had a break in that fantastic tearoom. 🙂
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It’s a wonderful conversion, Judith. The manageress stopped to chat for a while as I kept jumping up and down with my camera. Fortunately it wasn’t too busy so I wasn’t intrusive. Thanks!
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the tearoom has a wonderful interior and when you look outside, it’s even lovelier with the ocean view..thanks for sharing 🙂
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I love taking photos through an interesting window, if I can get it right.
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Wonderful pics – I love the old church made into Tearooms, it’s beautiful!
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They’ve done a great job, Barb. It took years because there was opposition from the council, but they’re in a great spot, as you can see from the views through the windows. The only nearby competition is a chippy!
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Thanks….I needed that!
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Welcome! Blew the cobwebs away…
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Beautiful! I love crisp days like these. A bit chilly, but the blue sky and sunshine more than make up for it 🙂
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So much better than the grey days. We were lucky- it rained before and after. Thank you.
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That’s exactly the kind of walk I love after a big Christmas Day lunch!
Bracing!
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It was! I probably won’t have the energy Christmas Day after I’ve cooked it. (unless it’s snowing)
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Hi,Restlessjo Thank you so much for very a beautiful pictures. I like it Ocean view and beautiful Christmas trees. Happy Holiday
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Never far from the ocean, if I can help it. Hope you have a wonderful festive season too.
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I do love watching a wild sea – thank you for the treat.
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A pleasure to take you to the seaside, Viv. The “fresh” air will aid recovery.
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BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS! Even with the raging sea.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
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I love the power of the sea, Francine. I can watch for ages (jumping up and down to keep warm, of course)
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Great pictures of the sea!
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I stopped short at paddling, Andrew, even in my thermals. Thanks!
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It’s always great to know others who are affected by the many moods of the ocean! I was all but there with you, leaning over that blue railing in pursuit of capturing the waves with the lens!
z
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They just wouldn’t break over the pier when I had the camera angled right, Lisa. Shy waves?
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ha HA! we both know that they’re saving trump cards and waiting for that perfect ‘gotcha’ moment that leaves us and our cameras soaked!
and we smile and say, ‘ but it was worth it – i hope!’
i have one somewhere in the files from a costa rica gotcha moment!
z
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I came close!
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and i laughed at that confession! z
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Oh, I love those sort of days.
Nothing better than walking on the beach when the sea’s like that…..I wish I lived closer to the coast 😦
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I’d struggle to live anywhere that wasn’t right by the beach, Vicky, but we’re lucky enough to have lovely countryside nearby too. (just a little “fresh”)
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Fabulous photos. Good luck with all the catching up, Jo. 🙂
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I’m on it, Ad. The tree’s in the corner, just with its twinkly lights, ready for dressing tomorrow. Cheers!
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Fab pics – I love a wild and woolly walk next to crashing waves. Was that a brass monkey perchance? x
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Absolutely! I had my thermals on. Actually, the Hartlepool legend monkey, but he needed his woolly coat, Suze.
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I just love wild seas – wonderful photos. Thank you
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It was really fun being there, Lizzie. All muffled up, of course. Thank you.
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So beautiful photographs, I loved them all, Thanks and Love, nia
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So happy to be able to post them, Nia. I had a major resizing problem. Thanks, hon.
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Glad you got your photos sorted. You’ll be glad to know you weren’t the only one having the sizing issue but I’m happy to see such lovely photos of a choppy sea and cosy tea 🙂
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Thanks, Julie. In the end all I did was switch to using Google Chrome.
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I love the sea when it’s dead stormy
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It was hard pulling me away, even for the teashop.
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Absolutely wonderful pics, thanks.
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I drove the walkers crazy, taking them. They left me behind a time or two. Many thanks.
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