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It is here just off this point that the Irish and Celtic meet together with a vengence when huge storms develop out in the Bay of Biscay caught between the west coast of France and the north coast of Spain. Driving s/e winds push the storms in the direction of the south coast of Ireland where it brings unpredictibly severe gales and violent seas that meet the land here and pound it with an uncontrollable fury.
I got caught in San Sebastien in southern Spain last January by such a storm. I was trying to catch a ferry from Santander to Cork in southern Ireland but all sailings were cancelled because of a storm. I ended up driving north through Spain and France to catch a ferry from Caan to Southampton and then driving to Hollyhead in north Wales to catch the ferry to Dublin. It added a lot of miles and two days and nights travelling. I was glad to get home! Just shows how little control we have over the weather!
Fishing is the main occupation in this area and the little village of Slade with its old pier here on the Hook, is where the fishing boats head out every evening to fish the seas which is something they have done for centuries.
If you go and sit in any of the old pubs around here you will meet old hardy men who spent their lives fishing off this coast and listen to their emotionally filled stories and of the friends and relations they lost to the storms. They talk of the "blue madness" and when you ask them why they risked their lives in such away they will tell you that there was nothing else open to them here apart from immigration and, even today driving out the for 40 miles on the peninsula there isnt much really apart from the deserted ruined houses and the odd holiday cottage. There are very few trees and any that do survive are like grotesque sculptures that have been shaped by the wind which is constantly blowing here. It is a wild but very beautiful place.
Hook is famous for its unique lighthouse and centre and also Loftus Hall, both of which which have created a lot of employment here especially amongst the younger people which means that they dont have to go further afield for employment or risk their lives on the dangerous seas.
" For a lands mans life,
It is alll his own,
He can go or he can stay,
But when the sea it gets in your blood,
Its a call you must obey "
I worked with some young men in Dublin and they came from Killybegs, Co. Donegal. There were 4 of them and they had all been fishermen. They said they gave it up because they had lost too many of their friends through drowning. However, once May came around they all went back to the fishing as they said they missed it and their fellow trawlermen and the friendships and they would do it for the Summer months only.
Such is the madness I suppose!
Ireland is not a great place for sea shantys so this is a song from Grimbsy in Lincolnshire on the Humber estuary, and tells the story of a drowning catastrophe of over 70 souls that occured there in the early 1900`s.
Hope you enjoy the photo and the write up.
P@t.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGqbfJ6GSg4
And the story of Loftus Hall is worthy of any best seller!!!;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loftus_Hall
And here is the "Fastnet Yachtrace Disaster from 1979;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979_Fastnet_race
eoceanic.com/sailing/harbours/12/slade
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmore_Quay
www.independent.ie/regionals/enniscorthyguardian/news/the...
www.salteeislands.info/SHIPWRECKS page.htm
Ireland’s Most Haunted House.Loftus Hall has a terrifying feel to it…With so much paranormal activity witnessed here.
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•«вулиці Харкова»
•Pushkins’ka Str./Korolenko Str.
•вул. Пушкінська/вул. Короленко
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Ivy showing a fresh spring green in the garden of a popular ice cream parlour (Eis Venezia) in Darmstadt, Germany.
Device: Apple iPhone 8.
Hipstamatic 373, Loftus lens and Sugar film.
Edited with GIMP.
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From up at Heron Lake.
When using the Hipstamatic app on my iPhone 5, I would choose the filters for lens, film and/or flash prior to shooting. The only format was square.
One of my favourite lens filters is called the Loftus, which at first came as part of a "Foodie Snappak." Supposedly it was named for David Loftus, a well known food photographer.
The lens creates a soft focus vignette around a sharper center.
I'm not much into shooting photos of food, but for quite awhile it was my go to choice when shooting with the Hipsta app.
Coming across this photo makes me want to revisit it.
Happy Bench Monday everyone.
East Harlsey won an incredibly tight game against Loftus to ease our relegation fears from division 1 of the Langbaurgh Cricket League. EHCC won on the last ball by 1 wicket.
Build for my article on New Elementary all about the latest wave of parts added to Pick a Brick this month.
I only had one of each seed part to play with so I went for an asymmetric vehicle using the transparent curved corner panel (5925). It turned out to be a bit of a slog to complete but I got there in the end - thanks to some Lime green frying pans of all things.
I didn't have any opportunity to get my camera out for yesterday's match away against Loftus. All I could manage was this phone snap.
Loftus won a very close game by 2 wickets with 8 balls to spare.
It was a hot and humid day to play cricket,interspersed with threatening thunder clouds and cool sea mist.
Loftus CC 1st XI 132/8 (38.4) vs East Harlsey CC 2nd XI 131/8 (40)