Lobster pots…

November 30, 2010

Winter maybe here and the boat is laid up until next Spring but Sean is still working hard… here’s a shot of him making a new lobster pot… The art of making lobster pots hasn’t changed much in 100′s of years but the materials to make them have changed radically over the last thirty years.   [...]

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Family walk…

October 27, 2010

We had two lovely families with us today… the sun shone too… but a cold wind… lots of fossils found… some very heavy packs for the return journey back to Staithes via the Cleveland Way…

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Tyrian Purple paint from the foreshore…

May 1, 2010

Tricia has been spending time on the foreshore collecting sea slugs… when you disturb these sea creatures they give off a slimy substance which turns a wonderful purple… once this slime has been excreted the sea slugs are then return to their natural habitat unharmed…

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Winter walk… we had a wonderful day on Sunday 17th January…

January 19, 2010

sparkling… bright… weather…  what a wonderful day… lovely company… a few bits of jet… plenty fossils… birds a bit thin on the ground… photos here

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Classic day on the foreshore…

January 14, 2010

We have a winter course this Sunday 17th January… so Tricia dropped me off at the top of Port Mulgrave to walk down with the first load of supplies  and check the hut over… but it was really just an excuse to be able to walk home along the foreshore… the weather was glorious… sharp…  [...]

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the foreshore at it's best…

January 7, 2010

over the holiday period we have been on some great walks… one was up to the alum mines at the top of Boulby… with the snow on the ground the usually desolate scenery was more impressive than it normal is… Today’s walk was only a short one because of the constant snow showers… for the [...]

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Best wishes…

December 31, 2009

The Cleveland Way footpath between Port Mulgrave & Staithes… Best wishes for 2010…. from Sean… Tricia… Thomas… Luke… & Tiff

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Winter walk…

December 20, 2009

we have had a request for a ‘winter walk’… so we’ve checked the tides…  and we are happy to say that we will be running a ‘winter walk’ on Sunday 17th January 2010… it will follow our ‘day course‘ format… do come and join us… hot soup is on the lunch menu… as well as [...]

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Hello…

December 20, 2009

and Welcome to ‘real staithes’ blog… here we will keep you up to date with what’s happen here in Staithes in general… and at ‘real staithes’ in particular…

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