Just a few pictures from various places that I have had the privileged to stay over night with absolute peace and quiet and perfect for night time photography. One of the best motto’s of wild camping I have heard is “Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints.”

Bamburgh Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1910 to guide shipping passing along the Northumberland coast and in the waters around the Farne Islands. In 1975 It was extensively modernised and is now monitored from the Trinity House Operations and Planning Centre in Harwich. Routine maintenance is carried out by a local attendant.

Night out exploring the local area with another landmark statue from the artist Ray Lonsdale , I came across this local land mark called “And The Village Remains: The Last Tub” dedicated to the miners based in the South Hetton Colliery area where the local pit was closed  in the

Cracking day out on the search for sculptures by a local guy Ray Lonsdale.  Ray Lonsdale created some very popular works of art created from metal with excellent detail.    

The Infinity Bridge is a public pedestrian and cycle footbridge across the River Tees in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees in the north-east of England. The bridge is situated one kilometre downriver of Stockton town centre, between the Princess of Wales Bridge and the Tees Barrage and it links the Teesdale

Fiddler’s Green is a memorial which was erected to the memory of those Fishermen who have lost their lives at sea, particularly those who have sailed beyond the piers of the River Tyne. The memorial is a metal sculpture which depicts a Fisherman sitting on a bollard reflecting in thought.

Souter Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in the village of Marsden in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England. Souter was the first lighthouse in the world to be actually designed and built specifically to use alternating electric current, the most advanced lighthouse technology of its day. The lighthouse was a much-needed aid to navigation due to the number

The Tees Transporter Bridge, often referred to as the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge is the furthest downstream bridge across the River Tees, England. It connects Middlesbrough, on the south bank, to Port Clarence, on the north bank. It is a transporter bridge, carrying a travelling ‘car’, or ‘gondola’, suspended from the bridge, across the river in 90 seconds.

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