It was too cold and cloudy to get a nice shot of Tynemouth beach but here's some birds chilling out on the rocks:
Tynemouth has several beaches but the most popular is the Longsands - a big favourite with the local surfers. In case you need to see what Tynemouth looks like in better weather you can take a look at this photo of birds on Tynemouth Longsands beach at Sunrise.
You can also check out exactly HOW COLD it looks every two minutes on this webcam page!
Tynemouth itself has plenty of history pre-surfing being the location of the historic Tynemouth Priory and the burial place of at least three Northumbrian Kings! It is also the home of the notorious "Black Middens" some terrifying rocks which wrecked plenty of ships heading in towards the Tyne and Newcastle.
Whilst we're talking about rocks here's a little painting I currently have hanging in my studio to remind me of the sea:
Cambridgeshire is nowadays a long way from the seaside but once it was mostly underwater and the locals were mostly swimming. The fens were drained a while back for farmland but I hear if they turn a few water pumps off then we'll all be back by the seaside again clinging to the tops of church steeples like little islands.
And speaking of islands... here's the finished colour print of the Ely Cathedral on the magnificent Isle of Ely:
Watch out for the ducks!
:D
P.S. UPDATE: someone has sent me some photos from the top of Ely Cathedral Tower, watch out for some more Ely artwork coming soon!
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