Wild Winds

[bunn]

 

Storm Arwen was pretty wild here, particularly since builders are hard at work in the garage making more Shop storage, and have busily removed all defences between us and the ocean winds, replacing them with a temporary and not very wind-proof door. But they are motoring on with enormous speed, so with luck this will not be the case for too long.

At one point they were playing Eye of the Tiger and SINGING ALONG. Given how fast they are going, the possibility that there was some sort of Montage going on down there seems good.

 

 

I love these two tugs. They look tiny here but when we've kayaked past them they somehow transform from bathtub toys to Monstrous Vehicles of Industry.

I took a photo of them from the north side of the river when the wind lulled and I took the hounds out for a walk .

The coast path goes all along the northern side of the estuary, past the oil refinery, where we found a rather terrifying wire tunnel over a lot of pipes.

A LOT of pipes. Going down to the place where the tankers dock (with the aid of the surprisingly large tugs).

 

 

Comments

[grundyscribbling]

I am enjoying the idea of the builders doing a montage to Eye of the Tiger inordinately.

I am also fairly sure I understand the reasoning for all that fencing, but goodness that tunnel looks like something out of a horror movie.

[bunn]

Theo would agree with you about the horror movie. He found those bridges terrifying, I had to make Rosie walk in front of him. (Apparently Rosie never watches horror movies because she was quite happy to trot along the single line of planks, which helped give the small gentleman confidence.)

[grundyscribbling]

Aw, poor Theo! Now I think on it, the bridge would probably be more terrifying if I were his size... (Also, that grating isn't bad to walk on in work boots, but I can see someone wandering around on paws being skeptical!)

[adaeze]

That last photo appears to have an old screensaver superimposed on it. Anyway, glad you survived the storm.