Featured County Durham Coastal Trip

Catching up now!
This was me going up the coast into County Durham - first stop, Seaton Carew (or Seaton Canoe as the locals call it).

Some of you will know the story of John and Ann Darwin - (especially as a new drama has just been on TV), - the man who faked his death to defraud the life insurance companies by faking a canoeing accident.

There's not much there to be fair apart from a brilliant sandy beach, like most of this coastline but the town is a bit run down and in need of some TLC.



The Art Deco clock tower



Colourful beach huts



But a lot of the place looks like this



On to Seaham with some handy bike parking in the square by the war memorial



Tommy, the World War 1 memorial statue is in the background





Too much polishing required for me



The old Georgian Dock, now a marina

 

It's actually quite comfy despite being pretty firm. I've done a trip around Herefordshire and bits of Wales on the bike, and rode it from Hampshire to North Yorkshire mostly on the motorway and didn't feel like I'd sat on a plank of wood for four and a half hours.