Out early this morning to Whitby for smoked salmon, then across to Knaresborough for the Xmas markets.

No one else in Whitby









Once in Knaresborough







My Xmas card attempt....




Very windy out there especially across the top of Blakey Ridge and around Helmsley.

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A great set. No.7 is my pick of the set.

Never an easy job to get good representative shots like these.

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All comments appreciated.

Aye, it's a bit on the chilly side Don.

I drove through Sunderland David and do remember seeing the signs for the NGC.

I've always found Durham to be a challenge as far as getting images I like. Not sure why.

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A good set Gareth and well photographed.

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Really good work. No. 3 is my pick but all very good.

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Went up to Roker today and then over to Durham.
Wet, windy, sunny & cold. All in all, a good mix of weather.

I took a few of general beach activity. This shot was the original full image.




After cropping, I spotted the shoe on the beach. I could not make out with the naked eye!




There were lots of people fishing of the breakwater at Roker despite the very high off shore wind.

Durham was busy and bitter cold with very high wind gusts causing problems.

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walking the dog




The lighthouse




At Durham







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All comments appreciated. Yes, I need to attend to that horizon.

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Well it rained and blew strong gusts today. Started at Staithes, then onto Goathland for lunch at the "Adensfield Arms" followed by a run over to Robin Hoods Bay. The rain got worse by the time we arrived at RHB. Still, I took the Z out for a shower. It got absolutely drenched. I was all over the place with ISO's just to keep a fast enough shutter available. Nothing spectacular but I enjoyed the day and it's off up to Roker tomorrow after Stans magnificent effort there.







and a shot from RHB which I tone mapped to add a bit of character or warmth.




Camera and lens survived the drenching.

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turbulent weather forecast today so will don the sou'wester and its off to Staithes and the Yorkshire coast.......low tide around 11:30 so maybe Robin Hoods Bay will get a visit....

spent an hour playing with a new heat pump type tumble drier.......