Newcastle Harbour Entrance

We have been in Newcastle today with our walking group. As you can see it is has been a beautiful day.

Here you can see one of the tug boats on its way past Nobby's lighthouse to bring one of the ships into the harbour.

Thanks everyone for your lovely comments and favs over the last few days and sorry that I haven't got back to you individually, we have had a very busy week.

[Joyce]

Beautiful light and details Babs

[Peter]

Superb composition with lovely light and colour Babs

[Chris K]

lovely composition Babs. We sailed out of Newcastle on a cruise ship once.

[Hazel]

Great composition - I like small islands.

[Margo]

This is very nice fav

[Jodie]

Nice!

[Paul]

A nice capture. The little piece of land looks lovely. Who is Nobby? :)

[Sally Ings]

Fabulous scene. I guess it is a tricky entrance.

[Catherine P]

Lovely composition. Such a lovely blue too

[Beryl Lloyd]

A lovely scene and composition !

[KWind]

Looks like a beautiful place!

[gloria jones]

Neat shot, blue shades

[Nadiya Bilovodenko]

wow!!! looks amazing place!

[Margaret Brown]

Lovely capture, looks so beautiful

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful nautical scene and capture.

[Jennifer]

A beautiful scene and shot

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely scene and capture

[Pam]

Nice!

[Ivan]

Nice capture...

[Karen]

Wow! Wish I was there! Love it!

[Jane Morley]

As you say, a lovelyday.

[Pat Knowles]

Love the name of that lighthouse! Tempting path going up to the top of the hill. Looks a beautiful day for winter!

[Lee-Ann]

Looks like a beautiful day for a walk.

[Helen Jane]

This is a lovely scene. Looks like a serene and peaceful sort of day.

[*lynn]

wonderful shot ... lovely setting where the lighthouse is

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Such a lovely shot and it looks so calm there.

[Marnie]

Great shot Babs, lots to look at.

[Susiangelgirl]

I love those tug boats

[Taffy]

I love your choice of DoF - makes for such a strong composition.

[Dawn]

Lovely image

[Babs]

@cruiser We see quite a lot of cruise ships in Newcastle.

[Babs]

@quietpurplehaze Nobby's isn't actually on an island, it is attached to the mainland.

[Babs]

@paul10 Not sure who Nobby is, or how it got the name, but Captain Cook mapped the area as he sailed north in 1770. Whether he named it I don't really know. I think it was called Coal Island first though.

[Babs]

@salza A dredger sails up and down the harbour every day dredging sand and taking it out to sea so that the huge coal ships can safely sail into the harbour. The ships are brought in by the pilot and three or four tugs.

[Babs]

@happypat Thanks Pat, it has been really beautiful the last few days, not bad for winter at all. About 22 or 23 degrees each day at the moment.

[Babs]

@golftragic Thanks Marnie. I do love the tug boats.

[Babs]

@susiangelgirl Me too.

[Stephanie]

Nice scenic picture Babs, I really like the blues of the sky and sea.

[Marnie]

@onewing Yeah, me too. They're quite amazing.

[Kathy A]

Lovely shot Babs

[Vera]

What a wonderful seascape.