I'm sorry you're so housebound. My mum was too for her last few years, it was tough on her. I'm very glad my videos are providing some value to someone trapped like she was.
Mum and I watched this while we ate lunch and really enjoyed it! We were in Newcastle mudlarking just yesterday in fact. We were recently given some great mudlarking locations in the area (I'd be happy to share if you ever visit again). There is fascinating history in the North East and a strong identity. Another great video Tom :)
Thanks Alex, I'm glad you and your mum liked it. I'd love to know of any great mudlarking spots, I don't get up there often but I do have family just South of Newcastle. So far, I've only gone mudlarking in the River Derwent, South-West of Gateshead, and this outing in Tynemouth. There's so much there to explore... you do live within range of some marvelous filming opportunities. 🙂
@@tom_burleigh I think living on the border puts us in a great location, we are very lucky. Though you have found some great things down in Yorkshire! I've never been on the Derwent, Did you find much? If you don't mind me messaging you on Instagram I can let you know of a few places privately?
One of the things I enjoy about your hunts is that, generally speaking, you're an equal-opportunity hunter. And my! What a lovely place to hunt! Thanks for posting this.
Thanks, I'm guessing you mean that I enjoy all sorts of places to hunt, and don't just concentrate on; for example: Metal detecting in fields, or digging bottles out of holes. Exploration is certainly the biggest draw for me, with the things that are there to find being a reasonably distant second. This time was indeed, a lovely place to hunt 🙂
Lovely trip! The photography was steady and slow allowing me to “search” for myself as well as looking at what you found. And as always, your incorporation of the wonders of nature is awe inspiring. And love the history. For someone who stays inside most of the time, your videos let me experience such fun. Thank you once again.
Thanks Lynn, the value my videos have to other people such as you is beyond what I expected or hoped for. I'm glad you found my channel, and get so much out of it 🙂
I enjoyed this so very much. Getting my morning started has been difficult due to an unexpected anxiety attack but the notification for your video gave me a moment to pause, click and relax. Thank you. I'm at a loss for some of the items this hunt, however the smooshed pottery with green glaze inside looks familiar. Alas, I am unable to place exactly why it looks familiar; perhaps it reminds me of childhood ceramic projects? It was such a treat to see the little starfish. I've only ever found starfish once they've finished their watery life. Crafting projects on the horizon? Yippee! That's going to be exciting to follow along with. Thank you again for sharing your seaside adventure and I look forward to the next one. :-)
I'm sorry your day began with an anxiety attack, and I'm very glad my video could help. Like Storm Tater, I hope your day turned out well, and indeed, the coming ones too🙂 Do let me know if the smooshed pottery green glazed thing's identity comes to you. Sadly, it wouldn't be the first childhood ceramic project I've found while out mudlarking, if that's what it is, they do get thrown away sometimes. I'm glad you liked seeing the star-fish too... like you I've rarely seen them alive. And yes, crafting projects, if I ever get myself properly organised 🙂
Hello from Norway. Tom you are a great artist,your voice ,your filming and your great knowledge together it become the best of the best. For me you are number one. I am looking forward too many new videos.I wish you a good autumn.and I really hope that I one day will be able to see some of your other work of art .
🇨🇦 While I love your usual videos of river Mudlarking it was refreshing to see one on the seashore. It sounds like you and your lady had a wonderful time. Thank you for sharing. I am looking forward to seeing your crafting videos.
Beautiful ! I miss walking along the beach listening to the sounds of the water and birds, luv the sea glass! I too like to search for interesting stones n pebbles! Lovely peaceful trip!
That was fun. Pebbles fascinate, and beach glass is beautiful. Not something I find rambling Omaha, Nebraska USA. Lovely. Your voice is like a warm cup of chamomile tea on a cool evening: gentle and soothing. The background music suits the timbre as well. Grateful for another wonderful Tom Burleigh video.
Thanks Maureen, I have in the past taken where I live, and my voice for granted; but making mudlarking videos has opened my eyes to how: what is common to me can be treasure to others. I'm very glad you enjoyed this video 🙂
@@tom_burleigh Truly! I saw an ad recently in an American catalog selling sets of those vintage paste pots and jars, that you see all the time, but are completely unique to me. And must be popular! Looking forward to your next video.
Lovley walk along the beach , could that little pot with the ridged side be a match striker ? lovley little pot well done for spotting it , totally adore the hag stones , I have never been able to find one , and you found two you have a fantastic eye , all in all a very relaxing video , thanks for sharing .
Thanks Sara, yes... it seems likely that it is indeed a match striker. I spotted more hag stones than I took, and many more that were on the way to becoming them; those pebbly beaches behind the rocks seemed to be the ideal environment to make them. I'm glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
Thanks Louie, I haven't seen a drain pipe in such light coloured clay before, but I rarely get to this side of the country and I know they make bricks out of similar clay a bit further south. 🙂
You must be an artist, with all the projects you mention. I would love to see some of your finished projects. I hope one day you display them. I would love to go there and search your beaches. I love rocks, you have such a nice selection of them there. Thank you for sharing
Beautiful place. Steeped in history. Another place i didnt know anything of. Amazing 2 see so much of it still standing. Another awesome interesting vid tom. 👍👍👍👍👍
Welcome to the Sea Sponge club. All you will ever find now is Sea Sponge fossils, take it from me. They will haunt your dreams hahaha :) :) (Oh and the Hag stones)
Yay, that will be a novelty for a while. Maybe the Dream Sea Sponges will share their secrets with me. I always find hag stones at the seaside, rarely inland... they have yet to haunt my dreams, which is a bit of a shame, I think they'd be quite interesting if half the things ever said about hagstones have any validity. 🙂
Thank you for taking me to such a lovely place today I really enjoyed this video but there hasn’t been a video of yours I didn’t enjoy ...... your wonderful video reminds me of a favorite poem ...... The tide comes in to wash away our castles in the sand, Our palaces that last one day will crumble in your hand, The tallest waves grow in the sun and die in tiny streams, They take our castles one by one, They cannot take our dreams. 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊
Aw, that's a beautiful poem, thank you. Sadly doesn't seem like the Author has much work out in the world, but I like that a single posted poem can spread out and be shared in unexpected places 🙂
The stones you picked up that had holes drilled in them. Could you explain more about them? I don't think I have ever heard of these. Thank you for taking us along on your jaunts! Your videos are very enjoyable.
Hagstones, sometimes called witch stones, Odin Stones, Holey Stones... are usually hard stones with softer bits, which the sea, or rivers erode away over time. Sometimes it will be caused by a dimple in the surface of the stone having another stone in, and the action of the water turning the smaller stone like a drill... sometimes it's the water banging the hard stone against other stones, over and over, till the softer part of it is pulverised. And thanks, I'm glad you enjoy my videos 🙂
@@tom_burleigh Thank you, I live near the Pacific ocean and see holey stones all the time. I don't know if they are made by any of your descriptions, but I'm sure there is a good possibility. I'm looking forward to your next adventure.
Hiya tom nice change of scenery for you and us , and a good curry to round the weekend off, as always thanks for taking us with you, keep up the good work 👍🇮🇪
Thanks Sid, I'm still struggling to adjust back to the local curry place, which is great... but...not quite as great. Their best dish is about the level of the weakest one I had that weekend. 🙂
Really needed a walk on the beach: adventures in electrolysis, theoretical jewelry projects, anemone udders. I have read of Oswine; thank you for the note about this ruin being his burial place. The architecture is amazing; sorry to hear it is falling into the sea. So nice to see history, oceans and beaches, hear what you are planning for your finds. Thank You and please take us along next time!
Very slowly, I think the walls fell into the sea several centuries ago, and the cliffs have been shored up with concrete buttresses since so it won't be in anyone who's watching this today's lifetime... but the sea is patient, and persistant, and rising. I'm thankful that you enjoy my videos enough to watch and comment 🙂
I have always loved collecting smooth rocks from the beach and sea glass. I really love your videos! So relaxing and interesting to watch! When the lockdown is over the first thing I plan to do is hunt for treasures!
Me too, on two out of your three statements. I love finding things, and collecting them (though I don't tend to want to hold on to all my collected things)... and when the lockdown is over hunting for treasures is top of my list of things to do. I don't like watching my videos though... but they're not for me to enjoy. 🙂
@@tom_burleigh you have an incredibly soothing voice. I have shared your videos with a few friends who have been struggling with anxiety during lockdown and we all agree this has really helped :-)
I’m glad I got to see one of your beach larks. I’m still envious of your treasures, here in OOB Maine we find shells and seals and get to occasionally see breaching whales. I anxiously await your next adventure.
I love seeing seals, I've never managed to see a whale though, rarely get to areas they frequent... but this larking life should hopefully take me to places I can see both someday. 🙂
Thank you for the trip to the seaside, had a wonderful time. Searching all the rockpools, looking for sea glass, stones & history lesson thank you for that awesome time, beautiful day. And fantastic views. 😎👌🏼👍🏼👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Best video yet. I like the different environment and the bit of history you tossed in. Please keep up the fantastic videos and don’t change the camera and narrative format. Quite special
Thanks Ninjahbutter, I like the different environment too... one day, I may be able to afford to travel more, and then beaches and historical sites like this one will feature more often. 🙂
Hi Tom, this video popped up in my YT recommendations presumably because I used to subscribe to Nicola White's channel. I'm so pleased it did. At first I thought the pace a little slow but having now watched around 50% of your output here I have to say the pace is perfect. Your videos blend interesting finds with beautiful locations and a relaxed delivery. Thanks for posting, I'm hooked. Cheers 👍🏼
Pipe stem seems to follow you everywhere! In all the years I’ve been to the beach, I’ve never found a single piece. You are lucky indeed with your finds. Another very enjoyable video Tom! Glad to see I’m not the only beach Kender with pockets full of odds and ends.
Thanks Jayne, I think the pipe stems were there because that beach is near to the mouth of a river which runs between two cities, I don't recall finding them on beaches further away from towns or cities. I'm glad you enjoyed this video🙂
Yes it is a sea sponge Tom, and i think the small brown piece with a hole in it is coperlite , (fossil poo) , i have many pieces , some exactly like urs...wish i could show u my pictures...lovely vid, and glad u both had a lovely time, u did well in ur finds !😃
Thanks Chris, I have found some coprolite before, but that was much easier to recognise... retaining it's original shape quite well. Thanks for the identifications. I might try to photograph one of the other suspected fossils tomorrow, and put it on Instagram, it was a tooth shaped rock with thin, regular thickness stripes all the way around and along it. Looked likely to be a fossil to me, but I don't know all the minerals so I'm not certain. 🙂
Thank you! Lol husband walked in as you were describing the castle. He asked is the mud larker giving a history lesson? Yes, indeed. And a much appreciated one :) Many thanks!
Thanks Gayle, I'm looking forward to making them. It may be the case that I'll create another channel for them, depending on how the first, very simple one goes.
@@tom_burleigh Thanks, my friend, always handy to know. I shall be returning to my home town of Huddersfield for a visit next month and the Kabana hasn't let me down in 20+ years.
Yeah, I should probably have taken my metal detector, even though it's a bit rubbish... that beach would probably have had things to find. I'm thinking of taking a pinpointer on river larks too, just so when I find one piece of metal, I can find the other pieces too which are usually nearby. I hope your adventures are going well, and if you'd like to go on a hunt together sometime, do let me know.
@@tom_burleigh of course if you do get a pinpointer go for something like the garrett at pro alternatively known as the carrot its bright orange with a lanyard clip but is fully waterproof it is over the 100 pound mark but you get what you pay for and is fully submersable pointer i think for 3 metres i have one used in the brearley river a few months ago it also has vibrate mode for under water detection just google it
Thanks for that, the education as well as the exploration , I've never ventured further up that coast than Sandsend, you certainly whetted my appetite .Such interesting finds and the rock formations are equisite. Looking forward to perusing your art at a future time.
Sandsend is a lovely point to have reached though, there's plenty of gorgeous South of there that I have yet to explore. My crazy mudlarking dream is to get a camper van, and drive down to the Jurassic Coast, then all the way up the Eastern coast to Inverness, mudlarking, metal detecting, beach combing and fossil hunting all along the way. I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope you manage to explore a bit further up. 🙂
That striped bowl/cup reminds me of a lighthouse section. I just saw a video of yours where you found a glass piece you mentioned using for a lighthouse!!
I have always liked the seaside. It holds a certain magic and i can spend hours looking into a rockpool as there are so many things to see. The added attraction would of course be looking for seaglass. The ones you found are really well tumbled and ready to be converted into jewellry or a picture. Am glad you had a good time at the seaside. Looking forward to yr next video already. Tammy🌻
Thanks Tammy, I love the seaside too... and every rockpool has something to capture my attention 🙂 Working on the next video already... hopefully it won't be quite so long a wait as this time was.
Thanks Metal Detecting UK with Metal Detectives of Dorset. Sorry for the delay in response, I've been rubbish at answering comments. Looking forward to seeing what stolen things you've found in your upcoming video 🙂
@@tom_burleigh it's all good mate ..everyone's been busy last few .weeks ..Xmas and all that..it's Simon who found the stolen stuff I'm looking forward my self to the video.! Chat soon
Such historical and grand places be it castles or priories (spelling?). I always wanted to be an archaeologist. I love history so thanks for at least letting. me see this beautiful place.
If ever there was a time to tackle some of those projects, now might be it. 🙂 Unfortunately for me, most of my materials and tools are at home and I'm locked down elsewhere; but fortunately for me, some of my projects can be attempted here and the lack of other possibilities is guiding me into doing them. 🙂
I hope you enjoy it... please do be careful, most of the rocks are fine to walk over, and there are some wonderful patches where you can find a lot of well worn Seaglass just around the point towards King Edward's Bay... but I did slip on some seaweed and banged my elbow up pretty bad (*not while I was filming). I was being a bit complacent, so if you're careful you should be fine. 🙂
Such a lovely and magical visit. The castle ruins were fabulous and I loved the history on the sites! I, truly, don't believe I have ever seen a live starfish - that was just beautiful! Of course, you know, I love all the pipe bits and pieces, but I believe my most favorite of your finds was the rock with the flower on it! Someone drew that lovely gift on that rock and YOU found it, a treasure to keep. Such a wonderful day! Til next time, take care! xx ~Jen
I think that starfish was the first live one I've seen too... I loved finding it. Sorry to dispell some of the magic, but: it was nature that drew the flower on the stone... it's a mineralisation formation, with the ground seemingly made up of tiny fossil shells. It was a wonderful day though, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Till next time, warm wishes, Tom.
I was tempted too, when the tide was high and the waves were smashing up against it... it was just about full enough, and would have been wild. There are plans to refurbish it soon, and I hope that happens, it's a lovely spot to swim. 🙂
Yes we hope they will refurbish the pool too it must of been a great place for fun and meeting up for a swim for people of all ages,let's hope it's saved Tom.
Hello Mr. Burleigh. I have been watching every day since I put mud larking in my search and happened upon your channel. I love your videos--so calming. Thank you. In this video, the item in question is a match striker. You obviously never lived in the years of kerosene lanterns being used. It holds stick matches, and the outside is a striker for the matches. Every household had a form of striker in the day.
Thanks Caroline, I guess the pipes probably came out of the Tyne... I don't recall finding them on beaches further away from rivers. Might have to try some more beaches near river mouths, and some far away, and see if the hypothesis holds up. 🙂
Nice to see a beach video! There is something so calming about walking along a beach, collecting interesting things as one goes. One can see why the oft repeated phrase 'I enjoy long walks on the beach' came out. As generic as it sounds, I do understand it. And miss it, myself. I wish I had access to more beaches here, even still, I'm never going to see such fantastic ruins right by it! Such an amazing end to the video. The only thing like that I have witnessed was Tintagel castle in Cornwall, but what a site that was anyway :) I wish I had of looked for hagstones there, I still want to start a collection.
Yes! Beaches are glorious places to walk, they're so changable, never the same for long. My current big dream is to get a camper van, and head to the Jurassic Coast in the south, then work my way up the East coast all the way to the top of Scotland, filming mudlarking, metal detecting, beach combing and fossil hunting videos along the way. I would get to see so many beaches; nature; ruins... sun, storms, and grey days. Tintagel Castle is another place I'd love to visit... and if I find a load more hagstones, I'd happily send you some. 🙂
Those beautiful meandering moving patterns of the stream flowing over the beautiful natural sea erosion patterns of the rock really affected me inside, as though it was slightly undoing some sort of psychic rusted closed nut & bolt or water tightened knot, beginning to release the stresstightend patterns hiding in my personal holes in the strata of the waterworn rock of my semiconsciousness. I think I might be able to sleep now thankyou Tom. Peace be with you.
Tom, what a beautiful trip to the shore, I'm so glad you took us with you! Lovely beach glass there and nicely rounded pebbles, I can't wait to see what you make of them. I believe your piece of pottery may be a match holder, you strike them against the ridges. Just a guess! Thank you for another soothing, peaceful lark!
Thanks Cynthia, I believe you're absolutely correct; the first porcelain match holder I've ever found (I have heard of them, but I didn't recognise it). I'm glad you enjoyed this video 🙂
Thanks Tom I grew up in Whitley Bay just up the coast this video brought back many happy memories of doing the same as you did today Now live in New Zealand still enjoy rock pool walks. Regards Sue best of luck with your projects
Thanks Sue, I'm a little sad I didn't get to hunt for some fossils in Whitley Bay, the good weather only lasted for this outing... but I at least got to walk around and see the Spring tide combined with the tail end of a storm crashing waves so hard that the spray reached the road. I'm glad you can get similar enjoyment in New Zealand 🙂
As someone trapped inside all day for years, your videos are treasures in my long days. Thank you Tom.
I'm sorry you're so housebound. My mum was too for her last few years, it was tough on her. I'm very glad my videos are providing some value to someone trapped like she was.
Mum and I watched this while we ate lunch and really enjoyed it! We were in Newcastle mudlarking just yesterday in fact. We were recently given some great mudlarking locations in the area (I'd be happy to share if you ever visit again). There is fascinating history in the North East and a strong identity. Another great video Tom :)
Hi Northern Mudlarks, I would love to know of any mudlarking areas around the north east?
Thanks Alex, I'm glad you and your mum liked it. I'd love to know of any great mudlarking spots, I don't get up there often but I do have family just South of Newcastle. So far, I've only gone mudlarking in the River Derwent, South-West of Gateshead, and this outing in Tynemouth. There's so much there to explore... you do live within range of some marvelous filming opportunities. 🙂
@@tom_burleigh I think living on the border puts us in a great location, we are very lucky. Though you have found some great things down in Yorkshire! I've never been on the Derwent, Did you find much? If you don't mind me messaging you on Instagram I can let you know of a few places privately?
One of the things I enjoy about your hunts is that, generally speaking, you're an equal-opportunity hunter. And my! What a lovely place to hunt! Thanks for posting this.
Thanks, I'm guessing you mean that I enjoy all sorts of places to hunt, and don't just concentrate on; for example: Metal detecting in fields, or digging bottles out of holes. Exploration is certainly the biggest draw for me, with the things that are there to find being a reasonably distant second. This time was indeed, a lovely place to hunt 🙂
What a fun tide pool walk! Thanks again for picking up the trash. ♥️♥️♥️
Thanks Petersen, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂
The shot at about 13:06 was wonderful. Thanks so much for recording it and sharing. It made me feel happy.
Thank you, I was particularly happy with that shot; especially as I came across a live star fish. 🙂
Another interesting excursion! What makes your videos so appealing and unique, is the low key style that has become your hallmark. Thank you, Tom.
Lovely trip! The photography was steady and slow allowing me to “search” for myself as well as looking at what you found. And as always, your incorporation of the wonders of nature is awe inspiring. And love the history. For someone who stays inside most of the time, your videos let me experience such fun. Thank you once again.
Thanks Lynn, the value my videos have to other people such as you is beyond what I expected or hoped for. I'm glad you found my channel, and get so much out of it 🙂
I couldn't have said it better myself, Lynn.
How wonderful it must be to live in a country w such rich history. Love those falling down castles....
I enjoyed this so very much. Getting my morning started has been difficult due to an unexpected anxiety attack but the notification for your video gave me a moment to pause, click and relax. Thank you. I'm at a loss for some of the items this hunt, however the smooshed pottery with green glaze inside looks familiar. Alas, I am unable to place exactly why it looks familiar; perhaps it reminds me of childhood ceramic projects? It was such a treat to see the little starfish. I've only ever found starfish once they've finished their watery life. Crafting projects on the horizon? Yippee! That's going to be exciting to follow along with. Thank you again for sharing your seaside adventure and I look forward to the next one. :-)
I can imagine how this video would soothe your anxiety. I hope the rest of your day is wonderful!
I'm sorry your day began with an anxiety attack, and I'm very glad my video could help. Like Storm Tater, I hope your day turned out well, and indeed, the coming ones too🙂 Do let me know if the smooshed pottery green glazed thing's identity comes to you. Sadly, it wouldn't be the first childhood ceramic project I've found while out mudlarking, if that's what it is, they do get thrown away sometimes. I'm glad you liked seeing the star-fish too... like you I've rarely seen them alive. And yes, crafting projects, if I ever get myself properly organised 🙂
Sorry you’re suffering. Had anxiety all my life so i can relate..x
@@jakethedude100 It can be very life altering at times. Thank you for the commiserations. :-)
Hello from Norway. Tom you are a great artist,your voice ,your filming and your great knowledge together it become the best of the best. For me you are number one. I am looking forward too many new videos.I wish you a good autumn.and I really hope that I one day will be able to see some of your other work of art .
Thank you Ørnulf Aasen, that's a very kind comment; and I hope you enjoy my craft/art videos when I finally do manage to make them 🙂
What a beautiful place. Nature and man made.
Yes, it was a wonderful place to explore, I hope I can go back sometime for a longer visit. 🙂
I like the smooth rocks and bricks but I never see anyone picking them up. We all like what we like. Please keep making these videos.
love your description of the rain and the direction you are facing
Thank you, I love the rain, and I'm glad if my love of it can come out in my talk about it. 🙂
🇨🇦 While I love your usual videos of river Mudlarking it was refreshing to see one on the seashore. It sounds like you and your lady had a wonderful time. Thank you for sharing. I am looking forward to seeing your crafting videos.
Beautiful ! I miss walking along the beach listening to the sounds of the water and birds, luv the sea glass! I too like to search for interesting stones n pebbles! Lovely peaceful trip!
Thanks Debra, it was indeed a lovely peaceful place to spend a few hours. I hope you can get back to the beach soon. 🙂
@@tom_burleigh Thank you! I hope so too!
That was fun. Pebbles fascinate, and beach glass is beautiful. Not something I find rambling Omaha, Nebraska USA. Lovely. Your voice is like a warm cup of chamomile tea on a cool evening: gentle and soothing. The background music suits the timbre as well. Grateful for another wonderful Tom Burleigh video.
Thanks Maureen, I have in the past taken where I live, and my voice for granted; but making mudlarking videos has opened my eyes to how: what is common to me can be treasure to others. I'm very glad you enjoyed this video 🙂
@@tom_burleigh Truly! I saw an ad recently in an American catalog selling sets of those vintage paste pots and jars, that you see all the time, but are completely unique to me. And must be popular! Looking forward to your next video.
Lovley walk along the beach , could that little pot with the ridged side be a match striker ? lovley little pot well done for spotting it , totally adore the hag stones , I have never been able to find one , and you found two you have a fantastic eye , all in all a very relaxing video , thanks for sharing .
Thanks Sara, yes... it seems likely that it is indeed a match striker. I spotted more hag stones than I took, and many more that were on the way to becoming them; those pebbly beaches behind the rocks seemed to be the ideal environment to make them. I'm glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
The sun always comes with your videos.
Aw, thank you 🙂
7:40. it's a piece of drainage pipe, the ridges hold the bonding cement and help to give better grip when a plain end is inserted.
Great video. Louie.
Thanks Louie, I haven't seen a drain pipe in such light coloured clay before, but I rarely get to this side of the country and I know they make bricks out of similar clay a bit further south. 🙂
The white pot with the ridges is a match striker for wooden matches. I have one very similar in my collection.
Wave sounds and beach combing are a wonderful combination. Thank you for letting me come along.
Thanks Malinda, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
My favorite video yet..love them all. Blessings.
Thank you, I did really enjoy my all too brief time there, and hope to return someday soon. 🙂
Love your voice. I appreciate the history you provide. Very pretty beach.
Thanks Sunee Days, I'm glad you got so much out of this video 🙂
Thank you 😁 I truly enjoy your videos 😀
Thanks Mary 🙂
Looking lots better. The sun is always welcomed.
It certainly was a great day for a wander around the rockpools. 🙂
You must be an artist, with all the projects you mention. I would love to see some of your finished projects. I hope one day you display them. I would love to go there and search your beaches. I love rocks, you have such a nice selection of them there. Thank you for sharing
Beautiful place. Steeped in history. Another place i didnt know anything of. Amazing 2 see so much of it still standing. Another awesome interesting vid tom. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Lisa, I didn't know much about this place either till this visit; it was a great little holiday 🙂
Thank you for taking time to show and explore the micro-landscape in detail. I miss going to the beach and this is almost like being there.
Welcome to the Sea Sponge club. All you will ever find now is Sea Sponge fossils, take it from me. They will haunt your dreams hahaha :) :) (Oh and the Hag stones)
Yay, that will be a novelty for a while. Maybe the Dream Sea Sponges will share their secrets with me. I always find hag stones at the seaside, rarely inland... they have yet to haunt my dreams, which is a bit of a shame, I think they'd be quite interesting if half the things ever said about hagstones have any validity. 🙂
@@tom_burleigh I looked up all the properties of Hagstones awhile ago and it is really crazy how many properties they are purported to have!!! :)
Thank you for taking me to such a lovely place today I really enjoyed this video but there hasn’t been a video of yours I didn’t enjoy ...... your wonderful video reminds me of a favorite poem ...... The tide comes in to wash away our castles in the sand, Our palaces that last one day will crumble in your hand, The tallest waves grow in the sun and die in tiny streams, They take our castles one by one, They cannot take our dreams. 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊 🌊
Aw, that's a beautiful poem, thank you. Sadly doesn't seem like the Author has much work out in the world, but I like that a single posted poem can spread out and be shared in unexpected places 🙂
The stones you picked up that had holes drilled in them. Could you explain more about them? I don't think I have ever heard of these. Thank you for taking us along on your jaunts! Your videos are very enjoyable.
Hagstones, sometimes called witch stones, Odin Stones, Holey Stones... are usually hard stones with softer bits, which the sea, or rivers erode away over time. Sometimes it will be caused by a dimple in the surface of the stone having another stone in, and the action of the water turning the smaller stone like a drill... sometimes it's the water banging the hard stone against other stones, over and over, till the softer part of it is pulverised. And thanks, I'm glad you enjoy my videos 🙂
@@tom_burleigh Thank you, I live near the Pacific ocean and see holey stones all the time. I don't know if they are made by any of your descriptions, but I'm sure there is a good possibility. I'm looking forward to your next adventure.
Hiya tom nice change of scenery for you and us , and a good curry to round the weekend off, as always thanks for taking us with you, keep up the good work 👍🇮🇪
Thanks Sid, I'm still struggling to adjust back to the local curry place, which is great... but...not quite as great. Their best dish is about the level of the weakest one I had that weekend. 🙂
Thank you for the castle tour and history of it🧐 fascinated 🤯
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. I loved the place, it was well worth the visit. 🙂
Loved this very much, interesting as usual, you cannot beat the seaside winter or summer, Those large carved doors at old monastery were wonderful,
Thanks Christine, I agree... the doors were magnificent. I'm glad you think so too, and that you got such enjoyment from the video 🙂
Thankyou for a beautiful trip to the beach & rather artistic ruins.
Thanks Sarah, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂
@@tom_burleigh It was a great outing.
Not sure if anyone has said this but the pottery piece with the ridges I believe is a match holder and you scratch the wooden matches on the side.
Thanks Lise', you're the first person to tell me that. I'll give it a try 🙂
Another restful video ..thank you Tom
Thanks Janet, I'm glad you found it so 🙂
Thank you again for the adventure. I especially enjoyed the ruins.
Thanks Debbra, I'm glad you, and other people are so positive about them, I didn't know quite how best to show them off, but I'm glad I tried🙂
Yes being in the USA I really love to see the old castles and churches. If I could I'd travel just to see them.
Really needed a walk on the beach: adventures in electrolysis, theoretical jewelry projects, anemone udders. I have read of Oswine; thank you for the note about this ruin being his burial place. The architecture is amazing; sorry to hear it is falling into the sea. So nice to see history, oceans and beaches, hear what you are planning for your finds. Thank You and please take us along next time!
Very slowly, I think the walls fell into the sea several centuries ago, and the cliffs have been shored up with concrete buttresses since so it won't be in anyone who's watching this today's lifetime... but the sea is patient, and persistant, and rising. I'm thankful that you enjoy my videos enough to watch and comment 🙂
At 22:33 my guess is that ceramic cup held wood matches and the outside stripes are rough to strike the match on. We had an antique one when I grew up
I love watching your videos and seeing such stunning scenery. Thank you.
Thank you again for another wonderful time, Tom.
Wow, georgeous castle...
It was a lovely place, lots of interesting history and beautiful ruins. 🙂
I have always loved collecting smooth rocks from the beach and sea glass.
I really love your videos! So relaxing and interesting to watch! When the lockdown is over the first thing I plan to do is hunt for treasures!
Me too, on two out of your three statements. I love finding things, and collecting them (though I don't tend to want to hold on to all my collected things)... and when the lockdown is over hunting for treasures is top of my list of things to do. I don't like watching my videos though... but they're not for me to enjoy. 🙂
@@tom_burleigh you have an incredibly soothing voice. I have shared your videos with a few friends who have been struggling with anxiety during lockdown and we all agree this has really helped :-)
I’m glad I got to see one of your beach larks. I’m still envious of your treasures, here in OOB Maine we find shells and seals and get to occasionally see breaching whales. I anxiously await your next adventure.
I love seeing seals, I've never managed to see a whale though, rarely get to areas they frequent... but this larking life should hopefully take me to places I can see both someday. 🙂
Thank you for the trip to the seaside, had a wonderful time. Searching all the rockpools, looking for sea glass, stones & history lesson thank you for that awesome time, beautiful day. And fantastic views. 😎👌🏼👍🏼👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks Alison, I'm glad you enjoyed coming along 🙂
Best video yet.
I like the different environment and the bit of history you tossed in. Please keep up the fantastic videos and don’t change the camera and narrative format. Quite special
Thanks Ninjahbutter, I like the different environment too... one day, I may be able to afford to travel more, and then beaches and historical sites like this one will feature more often. 🙂
Watching this video a third time today! So lovely!
Aw, thank you 🙂 I'm so glad it holds up to repeated viewing.
Hi Tom, this video popped up in my YT recommendations presumably because I used to subscribe to Nicola White's channel. I'm so pleased it did. At first I thought the pace a little slow but having now watched around 50% of your output here I have to say the pace is perfect. Your videos blend interesting finds with beautiful locations and a relaxed delivery. Thanks for posting, I'm hooked. Cheers 👍🏼
Thanks Mick, I'm glad you like my style of doing things, and I hope my future videos are equally to your taste. 🙂
Pipe stem seems to follow you everywhere! In all the years I’ve been to the beach, I’ve never found a single piece. You are lucky indeed with your finds. Another very enjoyable video Tom! Glad to see I’m not the only beach Kender with pockets full of odds and ends.
Thanks Jayne, I think the pipe stems were there because that beach is near to the mouth of a river which runs between two cities, I don't recall finding them on beaches further away from towns or cities. I'm glad you enjoyed this video🙂
Your little guitar ditty at the opening moments of this vid is wonderful y catchy. I found myself humming it as I walked into work this morning.
Enjoyed Immensely, Tom. What a beautiful getaway for you and your Love.
Yes it is a sea sponge Tom, and i think the small brown piece with a hole in it is coperlite , (fossil poo) , i have many pieces , some exactly like urs...wish i could show u my pictures...lovely vid, and glad u both had a lovely time, u did well in ur finds !😃
Thanks Chris, I have found some coprolite before, but that was much easier to recognise... retaining it's original shape quite well. Thanks for the identifications. I might try to photograph one of the other suspected fossils tomorrow, and put it on Instagram, it was a tooth shaped rock with thin, regular thickness stripes all the way around and along it. Looked likely to be a fossil to me, but I don't know all the minerals so I'm not certain. 🙂
How evocative a place, great video and findings, a pleasure to watch, thank you!
Thank you! Lol husband walked in as you were describing the castle. He asked is the mud larker giving a history lesson? Yes, indeed. And a much appreciated one :) Many thanks!
Aw, I did enjoy the history of that place, I'm glad the small portion of it I relayed was appreciated. 🙂 Thank you.
Such a lot of history in such a small video. Very beautiful scenery . Loved the ocean too.
Thanks Paul, I'm glad you got all of that out of it. 🙂
Beautiful video Tom on th beach u can find amazing things th thank u have a great day
Thanks Raima Mohommed, you have a great day too 🙂
"Oooh pipe stem" 😆 Wonderful narration. I get excited too!
Thankyou for a relaxing video. I loved the beach & the ruins
Loved this. More beachcombing please.
Enjoyed this very much. Hoping a new vlog is about to appear. I loved rambling on the beach with your voice and observations.
I am really looking forward to the craft videos Tom. It will be nice to see your imagination taking form.
Thanks Gayle, I'm looking forward to making them. It may be the case that I'll create another channel for them, depending on how the first, very simple one goes.
Wow thank you for the history and explore Very enjoy the videos
Love the ocean, no matter what shoreline 😃lovely video, watching from Cincinnati ohio 😁😍
Thanks Monique, I too love the ocean...and I'm hoping to get to the shorelines far more often this year. 🙂
Thank you for taking me on your beachcombing journey, Tom. So very relaxing and entertaining.
Thanks Teresa, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Your presentations are very unique. Great work! Besides, pleasant and calming voice.
Thank you, I'm glad you think so 🙂
Thanks for sharing your N.E. expedition. What was the name of the Indian restaurant, Tom?
Shikara. Lovely staff, and great food. 🙂
@@tom_burleigh Thanks, my friend, always handy to know. I shall be returning to my home town of Huddersfield for a visit next month and the Kabana hasn't let me down in 20+ years.
hi tom a change from the calder and surrounds no metal detector though mate it would be good to see a vid of your craft projects from your hunts
Yeah, I should probably have taken my metal detector, even though it's a bit rubbish... that beach would probably have had things to find. I'm thinking of taking a pinpointer on river larks too, just so when I find one piece of metal, I can find the other pieces too which are usually nearby. I hope your adventures are going well, and if you'd like to go on a hunt together sometime, do let me know.
@@tom_burleigh of course if you do get a pinpointer go for something like the garrett at pro alternatively known as the carrot its bright orange with a lanyard clip but is fully waterproof it is over the 100 pound mark but you get what you pay for and is fully submersable pointer i think for 3 metres i have one used in the brearley river a few months ago it also has vibrate mode for under water detection just google it
Thanks for that, the education as well as the exploration , I've never ventured further up that coast than Sandsend, you certainly whetted my appetite .Such interesting finds and the rock formations are equisite. Looking forward to perusing your art at a future time.
Sandsend is a lovely point to have reached though, there's plenty of gorgeous South of there that I have yet to explore. My crazy mudlarking dream is to get a camper van, and drive down to the Jurassic Coast, then all the way up the Eastern coast to Inverness, mudlarking, metal detecting, beach combing and fossil hunting all along the way. I'm glad you enjoyed the video, and I hope you manage to explore a bit further up. 🙂
Thank you sir! love pebbles.everything is beautiful.see you in the next 🙏🏻❤️good Day!
Thanks Alma Bean, a wish of a good day to you too 🙂
That striped bowl/cup reminds me of a lighthouse section. I just saw a video of yours where you found a glass piece you mentioned using for a lighthouse!!
100% perfect enjoyment. Thank you .
Aw, thank you, that's a wonderful compliment 🙂
The priory looks beautiful. Love the hag stones!
Thanks Kaylee, it's a really nice place... not quite as dramatic as Whitby, but well worth visiting. 🙂
Wonderful beach combing. Really enjoyed the sounds and your commentary. Hag Stones - never heard of them before. Great! Thank you.
Thanks Rachel. They're also sometimes called Odin Stones, Holey Stones, Witch Stones, Adder Stones, or Serpent's Eggs. I'm glad you liked it 🙂
I have always liked the seaside. It holds a certain magic and i can spend hours looking into a rockpool as there are so many things to see. The added attraction would of course be looking for seaglass. The ones you found are really well tumbled and ready to be converted into jewellry or a picture. Am glad you had a good time at the seaside. Looking forward to yr next video already. Tammy🌻
Thanks Tammy, I love the seaside too... and every rockpool has something to capture my attention 🙂 Working on the next video already... hopefully it won't be quite so long a wait as this time was.
a lovely day out and journey through history thanks for taking us along Tom .happy hunting !
Thanks Metal Detecting UK with Metal Detectives of Dorset. Sorry for the delay in response, I've been rubbish at answering comments. Looking forward to seeing what stolen things you've found in your upcoming video 🙂
@@tom_burleigh it's all good mate ..everyone's been busy last few .weeks ..Xmas and all that..it's Simon who found the stolen stuff I'm looking forward my self to the video.! Chat soon
Such historical and grand places be it castles or priories (spelling?). I always wanted to be an archaeologist. I love history so thanks for at least letting. me see this beautiful place.
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 🙂
""Theoretical jewelry projects"" lol, sounds like most of my projects around the house.
If ever there was a time to tackle some of those projects, now might be it. 🙂 Unfortunately for me, most of my materials and tools are at home and I'm locked down elsewhere; but fortunately for me, some of my projects can be attempted here and the lack of other possibilities is guiding me into doing them. 🙂
Always enjoyable work. That white ridged ceramic piece is a match holder. The ridges are where you struck them. Probably from the Hotel.
You find such interesting things, and I love the music playing in your video.
Live in upstate NY, but I'm from Texas.
I'm a sucker for sea glass and that was a nice haul!
Thanks Queegueg Hawkins, it's certainly better quality than most that I find in my local rivers, I wish I could go and harvest it there everyday. 🙂
Right!? What fun things you could make aye!
Thanks for the beach trip! Lovely finds!💕
Thank you 🙂
I live five miles from that beach and will have to go beach combing now. Would love to find some pottery or a pipe stem. Thanks for the video.
I hope you enjoy it... please do be careful, most of the rocks are fine to walk over, and there are some wonderful patches where you can find a lot of well worn Seaglass just around the point towards King Edward's Bay... but I did slip on some seaweed and banged my elbow up pretty bad (*not while I was filming). I was being a bit complacent, so if you're careful you should be fine. 🙂
maureen brown Did you get there, Maureen? Find anything you like?
Such a lovely and magical visit. The castle ruins were fabulous and I loved the history on the sites! I, truly, don't believe I have ever seen a live starfish - that was just beautiful! Of course, you know, I love all the pipe bits and pieces, but I believe my most favorite of your finds was the rock with the flower on it! Someone drew that lovely gift on that rock and YOU found it, a treasure to keep. Such a wonderful day! Til next time, take care! xx ~Jen
I think that starfish was the first live one I've seen too... I loved finding it. Sorry to dispell some of the magic, but: it was nature that drew the flower on the stone... it's a mineralisation formation, with the ground seemingly made up of tiny fossil shells. It was a wonderful day though, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Till next time, warm wishes, Tom.
@@tom_burleigh that is even more magical that the flower was made by nature!! A true treasure for sure!!
Again a lovely lark Tom so relaxing to watch. Have I mentioned I love your background music too. Nice job !
Thanks Nancy, I can't recall if you've mentioned the music before, so thanks for doing so this time 🙂
Thank you for a lovely walk besides the sea
Thanks Emma, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂
My grandmother used to swim in that old bathing pool at Tynemouth
I was tempted too, when the tide was high and the waves were smashing up against it... it was just about full enough, and would have been wild. There are plans to refurbish it soon, and I hope that happens, it's a lovely spot to swim. 🙂
Yes we hope they will refurbish the pool too it must of been a great place for fun and meeting up for a swim for people of all ages,let's hope it's saved Tom.
most relaxing way to spend the time before the stress of work
Sorry you have to go to work, but glad my video could bring you some relaxation 🙂
Hello Mr. Burleigh. I have been watching every day since I put mud larking in my search and happened upon your channel. I love your videos--so calming. Thank you. In this video, the item in question is a match striker. You obviously never lived in the years of kerosene lanterns being used. It holds stick matches, and the outside is a striker for the matches. Every household had a form of striker in the day.
What a lovely beachcombe today :) Gorgeous scenery and interesting finds. We've never found any clay pipes at the beach. Loved the sea glass too!
Thanks Caroline, I guess the pipes probably came out of the Tyne... I don't recall finding them on beaches further away from rivers. Might have to try some more beaches near river mouths, and some far away, and see if the hypothesis holds up. 🙂
@@tom_burleigh Good plan :) Keep us posted on your findings.
Nice to see a beach video! There is something so calming about walking along a beach, collecting interesting things as one goes. One can see why the oft repeated phrase 'I enjoy long walks on the beach' came out. As generic as it sounds, I do understand it. And miss it, myself. I wish I had access to more beaches here, even still, I'm never going to see such fantastic ruins right by it! Such an amazing end to the video. The only thing like that I have witnessed was Tintagel castle in Cornwall, but what a site that was anyway :) I wish I had of looked for hagstones there, I still want to start a collection.
Yes! Beaches are glorious places to walk, they're so changable, never the same for long. My current big dream is to get a camper van, and head to the Jurassic Coast in the south, then work my way up the East coast all the way to the top of Scotland, filming mudlarking, metal detecting, beach combing and fossil hunting videos along the way. I would get to see so many beaches; nature; ruins... sun, storms, and grey days. Tintagel Castle is another place I'd love to visit... and if I find a load more hagstones, I'd happily send you some. 🙂
Thank you for a lovely visit
And thank you for commenting, I'm glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Those beautiful meandering moving patterns of the stream flowing over the beautiful natural sea erosion patterns of the rock really affected me inside, as though it was slightly undoing some sort of psychic rusted closed nut & bolt or water tightened knot, beginning to release the stresstightend patterns hiding in my personal holes in the strata of the waterworn rock of my semiconsciousness.
I think I might be able to sleep now thankyou Tom. Peace be with you.
Excellent 👍
Thanks Trina 🙂
Tom, what a beautiful trip to the shore, I'm so glad you took us with you! Lovely beach glass there and nicely rounded pebbles, I can't wait to see what you make of them. I believe your piece of pottery may be a match holder, you strike them against the ridges. Just a guess! Thank you for another soothing, peaceful lark!
hello cynthia sorry for not acknowledging you on yorkshire diggers live stream on monday night i saw the messages when i watched it back
@@sprayzzz5545 That's perfectly all right, Sprayzzz! I'll see you at the next one!
Thanks Cynthia, I believe you're absolutely correct; the first porcelain match holder I've ever found (I have heard of them, but I didn't recognise it). I'm glad you enjoyed this video 🙂
Great beach hunt. I like your video style... might try it myself sometime lol
Thanks, I probably learned my style from other channels too, so I'll look forward to seeing how you do with whichever elements of it you try. 🙂
Very interesting .
Thanks Ray 🙂
@@tom_burleigh I really enjoyed the views of the interior ceilings , building designs., and landscapes.
Is anyone else curious what that large rock with all the holes in it is at about 14:00? to the left of Tom's hand.
Beautiful beach and surrounding area! Being from Florida you’d think I’d be jaded to beaches, but I still find them enchanting !
Where-ever the land meets the sea, there will be enchanting things to see. 🙂
Thanks Tom I grew up in Whitley Bay just up the coast this video brought back many happy memories of doing the same as you did today
Now live in New Zealand still enjoy rock pool walks. Regards Sue best of luck with your projects
Thanks Sue, I'm a little sad I didn't get to hunt for some fossils in Whitley Bay, the good weather only lasted for this outing... but I at least got to walk around and see the Spring tide combined with the tail end of a storm crashing waves so hard that the spray reached the road. I'm glad you can get similar enjoyment in New Zealand 🙂