SkyeBaggie
Proper Cobb On
The photo literate of you will recognise Lyme Regis iconic breakwater/harbour wall. But when you are stood there waiting for a sunrise, with no other photographers in sight, it gets you thinking. Why is it called the Cobb. The answer is still a mystery to me. The word cob can mean a building material and as this structure was first mentioned in writing in the 13th century, it might be linked. Cobb often refers to round things, think cob loaves, crusty cob rolls, think corn on the cob or cob nuts. People named cob may have a forebear who was rotund or corpulent. Was the structure named after a patron or an architect? Lyme had royal patronage and thus attracts the Regis to its name.
The photo was taken in the blue hour and has been colour corrected. We are looking east but the cloud covered any sunrise colour.
Oh and those not sure of the title to have a "cob on" is to be moody or petulant!
Proper Cobb On
The photo literate of you will recognise Lyme Regis iconic breakwater/harbour wall. But when you are stood there waiting for a sunrise, with no other photographers in sight, it gets you thinking. Why is it called the Cobb. The answer is still a mystery to me. The word cob can mean a building material and as this structure was first mentioned in writing in the 13th century, it might be linked. Cobb often refers to round things, think cob loaves, crusty cob rolls, think corn on the cob or cob nuts. People named cob may have a forebear who was rotund or corpulent. Was the structure named after a patron or an architect? Lyme had royal patronage and thus attracts the Regis to its name.
The photo was taken in the blue hour and has been colour corrected. We are looking east but the cloud covered any sunrise colour.
Oh and those not sure of the title to have a "cob on" is to be moody or petulant!