Port Mulgrave False Lights (Explored- Thanks Very Much!)
I popped over to Port Mulgrave tonight once the little ones were down. I went to check the place out and take a look at the abandoned firestone mine that is there. The crumbling, abandoned harbour is accessed down a steep path from the top of the 300' cliff. A landslip in 2016 destroyed part of the path and signs warn that the route is closed but enterprising people have installed wooden ladders in one section and also added fixed ropes. The old harbour is crumbling badly and the pier is now gone. After a couple of hours in the old mines I paused at the harbour to try some lightpainting. My several sets of fairylights were all on the blink for one reason or another so I improvised by securing a small red LED torch to some string. I'm quite pleased with the effect. At one point a big ship rounded the northern headland and I did worry if they would spot and puzzle over my display- hence the title! (False Lights is the term given to the practice of luring ships onto the shore at night -in order to plunder their cargo- by lighting false beacons to confuse them). PS photo -pretty much as it came out the camera= one single 30s exposure
Port Mulgrave False Lights (Explored- Thanks Very Much!)
I popped over to Port Mulgrave tonight once the little ones were down. I went to check the place out and take a look at the abandoned firestone mine that is there. The crumbling, abandoned harbour is accessed down a steep path from the top of the 300' cliff. A landslip in 2016 destroyed part of the path and signs warn that the route is closed but enterprising people have installed wooden ladders in one section and also added fixed ropes. The old harbour is crumbling badly and the pier is now gone. After a couple of hours in the old mines I paused at the harbour to try some lightpainting. My several sets of fairylights were all on the blink for one reason or another so I improvised by securing a small red LED torch to some string. I'm quite pleased with the effect. At one point a big ship rounded the northern headland and I did worry if they would spot and puzzle over my display- hence the title! (False Lights is the term given to the practice of luring ships onto the shore at night -in order to plunder their cargo- by lighting false beacons to confuse them). PS photo -pretty much as it came out the camera= one single 30s exposure