Knocked Down
I had an epic day yesterday. I thought I'd go down to the beach and try some driftwood sculptures. I made it onto the beach with a big sea running and the tide quite a. way under the cliffs. After trying to make a chair for a long exposure wave washed shot it slowly dawned on me that something was wrong. My chair kept getting washed away by bigger and bigger waves. It dawned on me that the tide must be coming in , not going out as I thought from previous visits. I quickly checked the tide times and realised high was at 16.30. I quickly dashed off to try and make it round the cut ioff point by the waterfall. As I approached I realised it may be too late, but I tried wading round, only to be knocked over by a big wave. My camera and tripod were under water for quit a while. Realising escape was not possible I calmed down and thought I'd planned for this scenario many times. I made it to a. recent rockfall and climbed well above the water. It meant I'd have to sit on the fall for about four hours , and hope there wasn't any rockfalls. It looked fairly stable above. All went well, even though the time took so long to pass, and I finally escaped the beach in the pitch dark, slipping and sliding over wet rocks, The Camera , needless to say isn't working, but that was the least of my worries.
This is a. watercolour sketch I'd done in lockdown, and I nearly joined him. I think all the disturbed nights and endless lonely days had affected my judgement :))) Knocked Down is by War On Drugs .
Knocked Down
I had an epic day yesterday. I thought I'd go down to the beach and try some driftwood sculptures. I made it onto the beach with a big sea running and the tide quite a. way under the cliffs. After trying to make a chair for a long exposure wave washed shot it slowly dawned on me that something was wrong. My chair kept getting washed away by bigger and bigger waves. It dawned on me that the tide must be coming in , not going out as I thought from previous visits. I quickly checked the tide times and realised high was at 16.30. I quickly dashed off to try and make it round the cut ioff point by the waterfall. As I approached I realised it may be too late, but I tried wading round, only to be knocked over by a big wave. My camera and tripod were under water for quit a while. Realising escape was not possible I calmed down and thought I'd planned for this scenario many times. I made it to a. recent rockfall and climbed well above the water. It meant I'd have to sit on the fall for about four hours , and hope there wasn't any rockfalls. It looked fairly stable above. All went well, even though the time took so long to pass, and I finally escaped the beach in the pitch dark, slipping and sliding over wet rocks, The Camera , needless to say isn't working, but that was the least of my worries.
This is a. watercolour sketch I'd done in lockdown, and I nearly joined him. I think all the disturbed nights and endless lonely days had affected my judgement :))) Knocked Down is by War On Drugs .