Tag: harbour
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Seacliff Harbour with Tantallon Castle in the background
Reputedly the smallest harbour in Britain, although it is hard to imagine anything smaller. It was built in 1890 by Andrew Laidlay, the laird of Seacliff, the grandest baronial mansion built on the cliff overlooking the bay. The family fortune came from the manufacture of indigo in Calcutta. Laidlay was killed in 1907 when Seacliff…
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Whaligoe
Whaligoe is famous for its 330 steps down to its tiny harbour. I say 330, but elsewhere 365 is claimed. I didn’t get the chance to count as the steps were closed for maintenance. The harbour, squashed into the narrow Whale Geo, was inspected by Thomas Telford in 1786 who described it as a “terrible…
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Cove
Painful memories. Eleven months ago I had a slight tumble off the sea wall opposite. In the centre of the photo, there is a blue notice board with an orange life ring that I must have fallen past, although I didn’t have time to read the warnings about the dangers of falling off. No permanent…
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Cove Harbour
I guess I am incredibly lucky. Stopped off at Cove, a picturesque little harbour, just east of Dunbar. Nearing high tide the crashing waves were very tempting. I was leaning my elbows on the harbour wall when I took this. It was the last photo I took with my little Olympus camera. Just a small…
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Ballintoy harbour
On the Antrim north coast. A picturesque harbour but very touristy especially on a bank holiday weekend in Ireland. Made even more popular by being yet another Game of Thrones location.
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Staithes
A picturesque former fishing village on the North Yorkshire coast. I say former because most of the houses now seem to be eitherĀ second homes or holiday lets. I rememberĀ when I first saw the sheltered harbour alongĀ Staithes Beck, it was chockĀ aĀ block full of cobles, a type ofĀ fishing boatĀ traditionalĀ to the North East coast. Today there wereĀ but four,…
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Paddys’ Hole
A small man-made harbour at South Gare at the mouth of the Tees. Named after the Irish navvies who built the South Gare from slag from Teesside’s blast furnaces.