Seaton Carew to Hartlepool and back


Last night's been and gone and now it starts again. Life is so. Howz trix in '26?

So we had a curry with a couple of vodka and cokes (me 2, Sham 1) and I had a few bottles of beer. We watched some dross on TV, up to midnight and we saw the new year in with a piece of Christmas cake. I had a whiskey and Sham had tea. In fairness I think she just plays along. Not sure it's worth doing again really. If I think on I might just go to bed early next year.

Blew the cobwebs off with a stroll along the sea front at Seaton to Hartlepool Marina and back. Sham stayed at home to take her Christmas tree down and do this week's spring clean.

It was bloody freezing especially heading out to the Marina, it was nice though, lots of friendly people. I upset a little dog because he doesn't like old men in caps (well the owner just said me in caps but I suspect it's just old men). A man in a Santa's hat and colourful costume told me he'd been for a swim in the sea  to see the new year in. He said the water was colder than it looked. Jeez it looked very cold!

There were lots of people about.  Kids riding scooters with their mams and dads, countless women wearing the same style long expensive looking coats (latest fashion) and a few macho men wearing shorts. There was lots of business going on. A coffee caravan, a fish and chip shop, all the amusements and 2 ice cream parlours. I don't know fish and chips and/or an ice cream on New Years Day? It just seems odd to me.

Oh and great news, they're converting the Staincliffe Hotel (that of the Canoe man fraud) into a support building for a Sports charity. I feared that it might be knocked down for houses or flats so that's great news.

Here are a few photos.












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