Seaburn Beach at high tide and in stormy weather.

The same beach in more benign circumstances.

Race you to the sea at Seaburn Beach.

Sea stacks off Lizard Point.

Souter Lighthouse and Foghorn. My great-grandmother grew up in London , but as her maiden name was Souter, I guess her family originated from round these parts.

Marsden Grotto, a legendary establishment at the foot of Marsden Cliffs, incorporating a hotel, restaurant and bar and accessed by lift from the cliff top.

Steps down to Marsden Sands.

Caves at the foot of Marsden Cliff.

The Leas is an extensive area of coastal grassland to the south of South Shields.

Colman's Seafood Temple, a famous up-market "chippy" at South Shields.

War memorial and some distinctive benches on Littlehaven Promenade, South Shields.

South Groyne light. Beyond are the pier heads at the mouth of the River Tyne.

"Conversation Piece", a sculpture affectionately known as the "Weebles", in front of The Little Haven Hotel.

Captain's Wharf; modern housing surrounds the old Market Dock.

"The Word", National Centre for the Written Word.

The "Steamboat", characterful pub in old South Shields.

Sculptural refreshment on Commercial Road.

The lowest point on the Tyne where cyclists and pedestrians can cross under their own steam is the pedestrian and cycle tunnel between Jarrow and Wallsend.

Closed for several years for maintenance, the tunnel re-opened in 2019.

The next crossing is a further 10 kilometres upstream - the famous Gateshead Millennium Bridge or "Blinking Eye", seen here by day...

...and by night.

It is possible - just - in this photograph to make out all seven of the bridges across the Tyne in central Newcastle/Gateshead.

But I will take the shortest route by catching the ferry from South Shields to North Shields.

Class discrimination on the Tyne ferry!

The half-hourly service across the Tyne between North and South Shields. Here seen at the North Shields landing.

Western Quay, North Shields.

Fish Quay, North Shields seen from the opposite bank.

Three superannuated navigation buoys have been put to use to mark the three major cycle routes which converge a short distance from here.

Tynemouth Castle and Priory.

Percy Gardens, Tynemouth, a fine Victorian crescent.

Long Sands, Cullercoats.

Cullercoats Bay.

Giant "Sand castles" on Central Promenade, Whitley Bay.

Whitley Sands. The lighthouse on St Mary's Island in the distance.

The lighthouse on St Mary's Island.

Causeway linking the lighthouse on St Mary's Island to the mainland.

Seaton Sluice. Despite the name, an attractive little harbour.

Just two of a number of items of pop art produced by a local sculptor who specialises in making objects from driftwood and other "found" material and installing them at various sites round Seaton Sluice.

The beach north of Seaton Sluice.

Great Black-backed Gull with fish supper.

Rider on the shore below Hartley Links.

The Eve Black Coastal Walkway, a high-quality path through the dunes from Seaton Sluice to Blyth.

Memorial to three cyclists who were killed by a drunken driver on the adjacent main road in December 1997.

South Beach, Blyth.

Three cutout figures of local heroes in Ridley Park including, on the left, Stan Laurel whose stage career started in Blyth.

A highly specialised vessel designed to support under-water operations at Blyth Quay.