My brother-in-law Fraser Gill is posting a picture with a sea theme every day on Facebook and is inviting people to join in.   I have been doing it now for several days.  Yesterday He posted a picture of St Mary’s Lighthouse at Whitley Bay.  It is just a mile or so from where he lives.

It is strange how things come together.  On the cover of a photographic magazine I have been reading there is the very same lighthouse.   I have never taken pictures of that lighthouse, but perhaps I will some day.

My lighthouse subject is Buchan Ness.  I was looking for a new angle on my lighthouse the other day and went down to the shore underneath the new prison building at Petehead.  As well as the Boddam power station, I notice you could see the Bucha Ness lighthouse way in the distance.  You can even spot the bridge linking it to the mainland.   I look out my camera….flat battery!  Fortunately I had my phone and this picture was taken on the phone.  It is amazing the quality you can get nowadays.

I went back yesterday and tried again.  This time I climbed up a grassy bank so that the lighthouse would be lit up by the afternoon sun.  At that moment a seagull appear and I just managed to click the camera once.   I am delighted with the result.   A seagull, admiring the view.  That’s the picture at the top of this post.