THE team behind a book celebrating some of North Yorkshire's finest countryside has turned its attentions to the Tees Valley.

Photographers Nigel Whitfield, of The Northern Echo, and freelance Richard Jemison and Whitby poet Chris Firth will publish Teesway One Nine Nine in October.

It will contain images of the River Tees and surrounding area, starting from its source at Cross Fell, high in the North Pennines, down to South Gare.

Each photograph will be accompanied by a poem written by either Mr Firth or one of 14 guest poets from Teesside and the Tees Valley, including Maureen Almond, Bob Beagrie and Carmen Thompson.

Mr Firth said: "The photographs in this book are a lot more varied than in North Yorkshire One Nine Nine, simply because the scenery is much more varied. They go from the countryside of Teesdale to the more industrial areas."

North Yorkshire One Nine Nine took its name from the number of steps up to Whitby Abbey and followed another collaboration, Whitby One Nine Nine, published last year.

The North Yorkshire volume has been shortlisted for the Yorkshire Book of the Year competition being run through the Richmond Book Festival.

One of the photographs to be included in Teesway One Nine Nine shows the crowd at the Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough, during a home game against Bolton Wanderers on January 20. Middlesbrough had just gone 2-0 up and went on to win the game 5-1.

The image shows two supporters in conversation and Mr Firth is keen to find out who they are.

He has written the accompanying poem, called The Riverside Conversation, about them.

"We would love to get hold of the names of the lads so we can include them in the information section at the back of the book," said Mr Firth.

"I based the poem on them because they are the only ones who look as if they are having a conversation. I am sure somebody will recognise them - it is a very specific photograph."

Anyone who can identify the supporters is asked to contact Mr Firth on 07854-660569.