an-intervening-hazel:

Hart Reservoir Nature Reserve Panorama - Hartlepool (Photograph and Photoshop, 2012) 152mm x 587mm

~ Finally it’s the weekend. This is where I come to get away from it all. And the beauty of it is that it’s only a 45 minute walk away. 

laser-beast:

Sun Wukong - The Monkey King on Flickr.

monkeyaday:

Welcome to the Gingerbread House.

oheyvvn:

The Church Gallery. Montage by tosatori on Flickr.

the-lazy-mind:

steps by pete-t on Flickr.

(via the-lazy-mind-deactivated201201)

snag a bargain until 4pm

Hanuman Langur, India

beyondjadee:

Who hung the monkey?

The monkey-hanging legend is the most famous story connected with Hartlepool. During the Napoleonic Wars a French ship was wrecked off the Hartlepool coast.

During the Napoleonic Wars there was a fear of a French invasion of Britain and much public concern about the possibility of French infiltrators and spies.
 
The fishermen of Hartlepool fearing an invasion kept a close watch on the French vessel as it struggled against the storm but when the vessel was severely battered and sunk they turned their attention to the wreckage washed ashore. Among the wreckage lay one wet and sorrowful looking survivor, the ship’s pet monkey dressed to amuse in a military style uniform. 

The fishermen apparently questioned the monkey and held a beach-based trial. Unfamiliar with what a Frenchman looked like they came to the conclusion that this monkey was a French spy and should be sentenced to death. The unfortunate creature was to die by hanging, with the mast of a fishing boat (a coble) providing a convenient gallows.

netzanette:

Alarm clock by Museum of Hartlepool on Flickr.