If you walk along the pathway at the top of Blast Beach there are steps down onto the beach, avoiding that bank you went down, it scares me everytime we go there but since discovering the steps it's so much easier now and a lovely walk along the cliffs👍
Hahah hi 👋 me again… just a heads up… Easington colliery is a canny rough place…. In fact there’s some streets you could just about buy a house for the price you probably paid for your air bnb 😂😂… last time I was there there was a lot of slides as I was walking past… well scary, also the bay between hawthorn and shippersea is called beacon point bay 🤘
Oh I’m watching while commenting… you have beacon point marked on the map🤦♂️ also… that creamy coloured one you have as dragon glass I think is actually opaline glass… and that bit is the biggest most perfect one I’ve seen!! 🥰
And I reckon that dude down on the beach is Paul gammy… known locally as ‘jammy Gammy’ … him and his friends go to some spots they have to absail into!! … that massive dragon egg you found though 🥵🥵🥵 dreams are made of that ! The storm thing… yea I find big lumps at high tide but I find you need a few tides after a storm to just filter everything out and leave the goodies on the top 🤘
I had to laugh at your replies while you watched...very entertaining! 😂 That was not Paul on the beach, but we did look for him during our 2 weeks there, however, we never ran into him. We did meet Andy Iceton, though, and thoroughly enjoyed chatting with him and learning more about the local area. I've been going for about 6 years now, but finally decided to make a video since we never could find any reference info for the area south of Seaham. And the piece I called Dragon Glass (instead of opalescent) was because it had green stripes throughout (hard to see in the picture), so I took the liberty of categorizing it as something a little more special than the regular opalescent. 😉 I do appreciate your knowledge and comments, and thanks for watching!
I love this comment! I never considered that we bring a different perspective. We love it there because it's quiet and serene and the cliffs are so majestic. So I guess we see it in a different way than someone who's lived there their whole life.
It seems to me as if the multis are getting depleted,so disappointed, because I'm planning to go there this summer,and I'm all the way from South Africa. In 2018 I still could get a few beautiful multis. Hope luck will be on my side again.
The Blast Beach is where they filmed Return to the planet of the apes and its part of Hawthorn beach . Back when the filming took place the beach was still suffering from years of industrialisation and the ground weeped dangerous yet beautiful chemicals of blue and yellow . On the beach there is still a WW2 Pill Box that was part of the North Sea defence along the coastline to protect the docks of Seaham and Sunderland from a potential German invasion.
It's sad that seaham glass is becoming harder than ever to find there is hardly any really good bits of sea glass some people were selling it by the pound last couple of years and a local told me it was running out through over picking it is still hot and miss in August 24
I agree. I started going 7 years ago and it was so easy to find glass. Last fall when I was there, we hardly found a thing, and that was after a big storm.
you both found some beautiful glass ,i hope you both enjoyed my part of the uk
We had a wonderful time. Everyone was so friendly, and of course you have the best pubs.
If you walk along the pathway at the top of Blast Beach there are steps down onto the beach, avoiding that bank you went down, it scares me everytime we go there but since discovering the steps it's so much easier now and a lovely walk along the cliffs👍
Thank you for this!
Thank you so much for sharing!! This is a dream vacation of mine.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
My granddaughters and I have always found loads of sea glass at Sandsend.
Easy beach to get to. Love it there
How nice that you do this with your granddaughters. Sounds like a lovely place.
Wonderful video, thank you for posting.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Hahah hi 👋 me again… just a heads up… Easington colliery is a canny rough place…. In fact there’s some streets you could just about buy a house for the price you probably paid for your air bnb 😂😂… last time I was there there was a lot of slides as I was walking past… well scary, also the bay between hawthorn and shippersea is called beacon point bay 🤘
Oh I’m watching while commenting… you have beacon point marked on the map🤦♂️ also… that creamy coloured one you have as dragon glass I think is actually opaline glass… and that bit is the biggest most perfect one I’ve seen!! 🥰
And I reckon that dude down on the beach is Paul gammy… known locally as ‘jammy Gammy’ … him and his friends go to some spots they have to absail into!! … that massive dragon egg you found though 🥵🥵🥵 dreams are made of that ! The storm thing… yea I find big lumps at high tide but I find you need a few tides after a storm to just filter everything out and leave the goodies on the top 🤘
Yea… the black truffle has the BEST cake! 😂
I had to laugh at your replies while you watched...very entertaining! 😂 That was not Paul on the beach, but we did look for him during our 2 weeks there, however, we never ran into him. We did meet Andy Iceton, though, and thoroughly enjoyed chatting with him and learning more about the local area. I've been going for about 6 years now, but finally decided to make a video since we never could find any reference info for the area south of Seaham. And the piece I called Dragon Glass (instead of opalescent) was because it had green stripes throughout (hard to see in the picture), so I took the liberty of categorizing it as something a little more special than the regular opalescent. 😉 I do appreciate your knowledge and comments, and thanks for watching!
It's so strange seeing this area through your eyes. Most locals associate the Durham coast with post-industrial depravation so thanks for posting.
I love this comment! I never considered that we bring a different perspective. We love it there because it's quiet and serene and the cliffs are so majestic. So I guess we see it in a different way than someone who's lived there their whole life.
The first time I visited Blast beach was in 94, we found every colour of glass you could think of including multis.
There’s so many people picking at seaham now, that finding any large pieces worth picking is very hit or miss.
It seems to me as if the multis are getting depleted,so disappointed, because I'm planning to go there this summer,and I'm all the way from South Africa. In 2018 I still could get a few beautiful multis. Hope luck will be on my side again.
Yes, we've seen a dramatic decrease in the past 6 years since we've been going.
The Blast Beach is where they filmed Return to the planet of the apes and its part of Hawthorn beach . Back when the filming took place the beach was still suffering from years of industrialisation and the ground weeped dangerous yet beautiful chemicals of blue and yellow . On the beach there is still a WW2 Pill Box that was part of the North Sea defence along the coastline to protect the docks of Seaham and Sunderland from a potential German invasion.
Wow, I had no idea! Thanks for the information.
It's sad that seaham glass is becoming harder than ever to find there is hardly any really good bits of sea glass some people were selling it by the pound last couple of years and a local told me it was running out through over picking it is still hot and miss in August 24
I agree. I started going 7 years ago and it was so easy to find glass. Last fall when I was there, we hardly found a thing, and that was after a big storm.