Labour saving

Bowling in the West Park

Even in this leisurely sport of bowls in South Shields, there is little point in breaking your back to pick up those woods. You may as well get yourself a labour saving device!

Pictured in the West Park.

Camera details: Pentax K100D, 300mm lens, 1/250 second, f5.6, iso 200

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Mother Duck

North Marine Park

I found this duck perched high on a tree stump in the North Marine Park, South Shields. She was keeping an eye on her chicks who were judicially hiding in a flower bed below!

There is normally a large population of ducks and swans in the South Marine Park on the opposite side of the road but there is a lot of work going on there to restore the park to it’s original Victorian condition, so some of the birds have taken to the other park for peace and quiet. I’m looking forward to seeing the lake refilled and the park looking it’s best, it is one of our finest features on the sea front.

Camera details; Pentax K100D, 450mm lens, 1/350 second, f11, iso 200

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Old buses

Tyne Tees Run 2008

Part of the collection of privately owned old buses that took part in the 2008 Tyne Tees Run from Stockton on Tees to South Shields. The Bents Park was full of interest for those seeking to look at transport from years gone by, but the weather was quite awful.

Camera details; Pentax K100D, 28mm lens, 1/60 second, f8.0, iso 200

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Spring in Shields No. 2

The North Marine Park

The North Marine Park is one of our two public parks and gardens situated at the sea front in South Shields.

The tree in blossom contrasts nicely with the freshly mown grass and the pagoda styled pergola in the background.

Camera details; Pentax K100D, 28mm lens, 1/60 second, f19, iso 200

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St. George’s Day

Readhead Park

Yesterday we celebrated St. George’s Day in England, it passed without much of a mention here in South Shields, which was a disappointment to say the least. St. George is the patron saint of England and yet we tend to spend more time and money celebrating St. Patrick’s Day! It’s a sad reflection of our respect for our country.

One of the few flags of St. George that I found flying in South Shields was in a lonely corner of the Readhead Park on Sunderland Road, tucked away in the fenced off bowling green.

I went to the pub last night to watch Manchester United playing Barcelona in the semi-final of the European Champions League and not a single flag of St. George was on display, yet when England’s national football team reaches a European or World Cup final, the pubs are festooned with flags - such a sad situation.

Camera details; Pentax K100D, 82mm lens, 1/90 second, f8, iso 200

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