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Wednesday 16th August 2017
Coasteering
I was sitting, nice a dry on a boat, enjoying my trip along the North Devon Coast. These guys were doing it the hard way by climbing and scrambling over the rocks, before jumping into the sea and swimming to the next accessible point. Rather them than me. 😀
The wild, rocky North Devon coastline at Hartland Quay about 1.5hrs after high tide.
The air was saturated with rain and spray so this shot was taken through the open window of the car - we had to open them to minimise the rocking caused by the gale! We then moved the car so it wasn't side on to the wind!
First seen in my primary account: odell_rd
The rocks of Hartland Quay are the remains of a mountain range. Sedimentary rocks were deposited in the shallow sea during the Carboniferous period around 320 million years ago. Plate tectonics caused the collision of two super oninends with Hartland Quay in the middle. As these two continents collided, the rocks at Hartland Quay were buckled and folded producing the spectacular shaped folds exposed in the cliffs today.
Just found some pictures on my old phone. Nice 'LowFi' look about them. Looking up the River Torridge from Bideford old bridge on a cold and snowy morning two years ago.
We took a a walk into Ilfracombe. It has changed very little in the 40 odd years I have been visiting North Devon.