Thinking about how to get the most out of living by the sea I am reminded of the long history the sea holds to contributing to our health and well being.Almost 500 years before birth of Christ Hippocrates encouraged his patients 
to bathe in warm sea water. He noticed fishermen who had injured their hands after soaking in warm sea water they had few infections. The warm sea water releases toxins between the blood and the water restores the balance of minerals in the blood.
I remember how my father used to heat up sea water for a foot bath. we gladly don't need to go to an exotic spa to get this treatment a trip to Huaxley and a quick warm up in the lobster pan...just the ticket!
The seawater has potassium for all over energy and iodine as a natural anticeptic.
We have records that Henry 111 bathed in the sea to heal scabies and in 1791 John Lathan opened the first seaside hospital.
In 1750 an Englishman named Russell published a work which enjoyed great popular success. In it he wrote" One should drink sea water, bathe in it and eat every product of the sea" on that bomb shell I am off for a Guinness!!!!!!!!!!!
With wind howling outside my front door and after returning from a windy trip in the North Sea I am happy to look back on some highlights and surprises of the year.
The sea temperature is defiantly increasing and that's the reason we are catching fish not normally associated with this coastline.Tuna have been caught locally and swordfish sighted of Blyth.The catches this year were mostly cod ,Pollock,mackerel, whiting, sole and just to round the year up Bass!!
There are some trips which stand out when the weather, light and tides offer opportunities like nothing else and when you can give a friend a trip out it's hard to believe this is Not the Mediterranean but just off the coast of Amble. Coming in after the sun has set and the sea is calm is a nice way to round off a day.
But fish is only part of the menu and as you can see Virginia's carrots are nearly as big as the fish I catch!
It was a good year for mackerel! This is Nev the Morning star engineer catching his tea.
Virginia was fishing three hooked trace of daylights going for mackerel when this surprise collie found the bottom hook much to everybodies surprise as it was janded with a thumb on the deck..
It then found its way into my frying pan
to bathe in warm sea water. He noticed fishermen who had injured their hands after soaking in warm sea water they had few infections. The warm sea water releases toxins between the blood and the water restores the balance of minerals in the blood.
