Barnacle scraping and net clearing

 

A great time was had by all, despite assorted cold hands and frozen feet, not to mention leaky boots – and the Project Engineer is grateful!

I always think of this at low tide

"O Mary, go and call the cattle home,
Across the sands of Dee";
The western wind was wild and dank with foam,
And all alone went she.
The western tide crept up along the sand,
The rolling mist came down and hid the land:
And never home came she.
"Oh! is it weed, or fish, or floating hair--
A tress of golden hair,
A drownèd maiden's hair
Above the nets at sea?

(Apologies to Charles Kingsley for truncated version)

Anchor Away!………

And safely anchored!

The Pier at Sunset–by Mike S.

Survey of different types of piers with reference to the process of reconstruction of Hastings Pier.

For the Record

Rough edit of footage taken on 24th September 2010 for Hastings Pier Trust during the last sanctioned visit to the pier with English Heritage. We were due to revisit the pier this week to take more

A Little bit of History

Thanks for heads up to Andre via Bea, and Ken Brooks via Peter.

Removing planks to discourage invaders prevent during World War II

 

Seaside defences, World War II