This week’s Monochrome Madness, hosted by Elke of Pictures Imperfect, takes pets as its subject. We don’t have one of those, though we are required to provide daily chats and cuddles to Newt, the dog next door on one side, and catering services when her owner is away to MiMi, the cat next door on the other side.
So I’m taking you to Bamburgh in Northumbria, where we were walking recently on the best sort of afternoon at an English seaside, with bright sun, breeze and gentle warmth. It was an afternoon for beach strolls and games … and for taking the dog out to play.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
Few things quite as joyful as dogs playing on a beach
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I agree. It seems to be their natural environment.
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Very true
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What a joy yo see them so playful and happy.
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Well captured!
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Thanks Sue. Dogs were omni-present that day.
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Clearly!
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Admiral Shovell very much enjoyed this beach
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Quite right too. Who wouldn’t like this beach?
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A quite playful post Margaret
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I love when dogs are allowed on the beach! Most of the time here, they are not. I guess people don’t clean up after their pups and so nobody gets to frolic there. You can tell these dogs in your images just love it! I don’t know if Penny would, she’d likely be barking at the waves.
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To be honest, I’m not alway a fan of dogs on beaches. This particular occasion was fine, as we were all walking around having fun. But some dogs can get quite literally ‘in your face’. Not Penny, obviously!
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I think we are the only people in Cornwall who doesn’t have a dog. I mean I like dogs, but I don’t like them jumping up at me which some people seem to think is OK. And I’m not keen on them being allowed in restaurants either. But your photos are fab.
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Thanks Jude. Join the club. We may be the only people in N Yorkshire who don’t have a dog either. I’m fine with most dogs apart from the jumpy-uppy barky sort, And doggy ice cream. What is that about?
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Bamburgh is a great beach for doggy walks because there’s so much space! It’s also a great beach for human walks, come to that. Glad you enjoyed yours 😀
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What’s not to like, eh?
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I love dogs on the beach, so happy and free
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Hmm. When they’re happy, I’m happy. If out of control, not so much …
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They are blatantly stealing the sand and taking it home with them!
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I say. That level of detail suggests to me you wanted to be in the Stasi. Surely not?
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I still have my badge!
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🤣If you believe that, you’d believe anything.
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Wonderful gallery. I love how happy they all look.
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Great pictures, especially the very happy chappy at the end.
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A VERY happy chappie.
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That’s one of the two beaches I have been to in the UK! But that is beside the point. I love the joy of the doggies that comes out in your photos.
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They WERE having fun. Good choice of British Beach!
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The beaches have gone to the dogs. There is a worldwide trend of many people owning small companion dogs, something I have noticed here in NZ.
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Absolutely! I sometimes feel like the only dogless person in the country.
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I love this phrase for dog reading, catering services! Great dogs on the beach photos.
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Well, it’s about cats in this case, in fact. But they require a service industry, I think.
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That’s funny.
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🤣
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