Album {OK} rsf - Roker Sea Front {done} from StoneRoad2013

rsf - old south pier & Meik beacon

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 18:25:53 +0000

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Following a conversation in another place, I was sent this image, and was given an implied permission for this use, but anonymously. I haven't attempted to correct the colour balance.
It is a scanned image of the Meik lighthouse, in it's original location on the "Old South Pier" before it was moved to above Roker beach in 1983.

Not my Image ; fair use & public education

rsf[24] - wavy seat or planter ?

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:44:04 +0000

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Remarkably comfortable places to sit & eat, to relax or just watch the sea.
Someone - I presume the local council - has been improving the seafront facilities at Roker.

rsf[24] - driftwood

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:42:28 +0000

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The high tides & onshore winds have built up the beach significantly, as well as bringing a load of driftwood ashore at Roker, mostly bits of branches washed down the River Wear during recent storms. This lump of tree stood out. I reckon that would make a good place to hang bags and towels.

rsf[24] - tide is coming in

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:43:20 +0000

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The incoming tide means the quite small waves are breaking over the rock armour [shown by the shiny & damp rocks]. Sadly I didn't manage to catch any images showing a decent amount of spray, it's also going dark as the sun set some minutes ago.

rsf[24] - waves

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:43:33 +0000

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North Sea wavelets arriving at Roker Beach.

rsf[24] - Roker Pier at dusk

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 22:43:36 +0000

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Lighthouse on Roker Pier, taken just about sunset.
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Completed in 1903, built in alternating layers of red & white Aberdeen granite, to a design by Henry Hay Wake. Still operating.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roker#Roker_Pier_Lighthouse

rsf[24] - picnic table

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:43:49 +0000

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Remarkably comfortable places to sit & eat, to relax or just watch the sea.
Someone - I presume the local council - has been improving the seafront facilities at Roker.

rsf[24] - seats

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:42:49 +0000

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Remarkably comfortable places to sit & eat, to relax or just watch the sea.
Someone - I presume the local council - has been improving the seafront facilities at Roker.

rsf[24] - old lighthouse {2 of 2}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:43:56 +0000

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The old lighthouse on the high ground above Roker Beach [near Sunderland].
Glowing somewhat in the sunlight, it looks like it has had a recent repaint.
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Built in 1856 to a design by Thomas Meik and sited on the Old South Pier at the mouth of the R. Wear.
Now disused, it was moved here in 1983.
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That green grass was quite sodden, due to all the recent rain.
[cropped in camera]

rsf[24] - old lighthouse {1 of 2}

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 18:33:51 +0000

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The old lighthouse on the high ground above Roker Beach [near Sunderland].
Glowing somewhat in the sunlight, it looks like it has had a recent repaint.
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Built in 1856 to a design by Thomas Meik and sited on the Old South Pier at the mouth of the R. Wear.
It was moved here in 1983.
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That green grass was quite sodden, due to all the recent rain.

rsf[22] - wave splash [7 of 7]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:08:03 +0000

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After consuming some very good Fish n Chips, down in the carpark on Roker sea front - just beyond the old IRB station [which is now the base for the RNLI beach lifeguards] - we did a bit of wave-watching. It was a little after high tide, when the waves had been depositing some bits of junk, small stones and seaweed, but there were still some good splashes. [7 of 7]

rsf[22] - wave splash [6 of 7]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:07:55 +0000

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rsf[22] - wave splash [5 of 7]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:07:47 +0000

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rsf[22] - wave splash [4 of 7]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:07:39 +0000

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rsf[22] - wave splash [3 of 7]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:07:31 +0000

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rsf[22] - wave splash [2 of 7]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:07:24 +0000

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rsf[22] - wave splash [1 of 7]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:07:16 +0000

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rsf[22] - driftwood

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:07:08 +0000

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Several driftwood tree trunks are incorporated into this area of Roker sea front, as part of the regeneration efforts in the area.

rsf[22] - roots

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:06:59 +0000

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The remains of roots on a stump, from the colour and state of these piece of timber, I am pretty sure that they are all "driftwood" - and some of the trunks probably washed up on the nearby beach ! Part of a planted up stumpery as part of the regeneration scheme.

rsf[22] - Roker Lighthouse

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 18 Sep 2022 18:06:50 +0000

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This distinctive lighthouse was completed in 1903, built from red & white Aberdeenshire granite.
[I suspect that the red granite is actually from a quarry very near to Peterhead]