MY kind of coastline 

He's fantastic. It's helped me a lot with my composition and seeing shots

That should be true, even if it's not.

@@oneeyedphotographer yes i know its just one of several legends about the hartlepool monkey....still interesting though wouldnt you agree

This story is wrong. I am a native of the NE and the story is thus : - A French warship foundered off Hartlepool during the Napoleonic Wars and a monkey in a little Matelot's uniform was washed up on Hartlepool shore. The locals having never seen a Frenchman suspected the monkey of being a spy as he was clearly chattering away in a language that could have been French. The Mayor put the monkey on trial and he was found guilty of spying, he was hung the next day. Hartlepool United used to have a mascot in a monkey suit known as Hangus, rather strangely he later became Mayor of Hartlepool. Then there is the joke : - 3 monkeys in a spaceship in orbit around the Earth, one American, one Russian and one British. Russian monkey says to American Monkey, where do you want land? American monkey replies, slap bang in the middle of Times Square NY, to be given the Congressional Medal of Honour by the President. American monkey says to Russian monkey where do want to land Bud? I want to land slap bang in the middle of Red Square Moscow and be given the Hero of the Russian Federation Medal by President Putin. The Russian and American monkeys say to the British monkey, hey where do you want to land? British monkey answered any f-----g where but Hartlepool.

The pen-f unfashionable?

@@demarestk only in RU-vid terms I suppose... Anyway I'm not saying it's of any consequence, just an observation on how much attention it seems to get....I still think it's great

Just checked and it’s been knocked down so you wouldn’t have seen it

French not Russian.

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