{"id":12212,"date":"2025-07-13T18:54:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T17:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?p=12212"},"modified":"2025-07-13T18:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T17:54:34","slug":"jan-mar-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2025\/07\/jan-mar-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan-Mar 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" data-id=\"12213\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach-1536x979.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach-2048x1306.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"191\" data-id=\"12214\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach2-300x191.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach2-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach2-768x489.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach2-1536x979.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SouthShieldsBeach2-2048x1305.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/South_Shields\">South Shields<\/a> beach on New Year&#8217;s Day: (L) looking NE towards Tynemouth and (R) looking SE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=12215\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" data-id=\"12215\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FiddlersGreen-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FiddlersGreen-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FiddlersGreen-768x476.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FiddlersGreen-1536x952.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FiddlersGreen-2048x1270.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/?attachment_id=12216\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" data-id=\"12216\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FerryfromFerry-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FerryfromFerry-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FerryfromFerry-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FerryfromFerry-1536x1076.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FerryfromFerry-2048x1435.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Late Feb: (L) &#8220;Fiddlers Green&#8221; artwork at <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_Shields\">North Shields<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fiddler%27s_Green\">Fiddler&#8217;s Green<\/a> refers to an alternative afterlife for lifetime sailors; unlikely to have led a sufficiently righteous life for conventional heaven, Fiddler&#8217;s Green was conceived as a more congenial alternative to the &#8220;other place&#8221;. (R) Ferry to Amsterdam viewed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shields_Ferry\">Shields Ferry<\/a>. Needless to say, the small ferry waited for its vastly larger cousin to pass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ManxSheep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ManxSheep-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ManxSheep-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ManxSheep-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ManxSheep-1536x1102.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/ManxSheep-2048x1470.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The rare <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Manx_Loaghtan\">Manx Loaghtan<\/a> sheep, with its unusual 2 (and sometimes 3!) pairs of horns. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jarrow_Hall_(museum)\">Jarrow Hall<\/a> farm in early March.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CoastalRainbow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" src=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CoastalRainbow-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CoastalRainbow-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CoastalRainbow-768x580.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CoastalRainbow-1536x1160.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CoastalRainbow-2048x1546.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rainbow at the coast (near Souter lighthouse) in mid March.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[94,106,102,58,99],"class_list":["post-12212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-animals","tag-art","tag-boat","tag-coast","tag-tyneside"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}