Tag Archives: North Norfolk
Brancaster Staithe
‘Staithe’ is an Old English word for wharf – a quay used for the loading and unloading of cargo. Initially Brancaster was a busy fishing harbour specialising in shellfish, but in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries it became noted particularly for in the shipping of coal, grain and malt (it was reputed to have the largest malthouse in Europe). With the demise of sailing vessels and the development of other forms of transport, Brancaster fell into decline. There is now only a small fishing fraternity and the harbour is devoted primarily to a large number of pleasure craft
Filed under landscape, photography, Sea, Shore, Uncategorized
Brancaster erosion
The beach at Brancaster has many ‘moods’. At low tide all appears calm and peaceful but the speed with which the rising tide approaches can be extremely dangerous, leaving happy paddlers cut off from safety. In stormy weather the boisterous and sometimes violent North Sea attacks the vulnerable stretches of the coast and there is a constant battle between land v sea.
Beach in October
Beach in October
Where land and level acres of sea merge
seamlessly, waves hypnotically lapping,
endlessly oozing over ridged flats
scattered with brittle quills,bleached shard,
skeleton shells, oceanic detritus.
Drifting awareness of keening gulls,salt on the tongue.
As life blurs into the vast movement
of an ever widening scene, this brief,
vital moment in time imprints
deeply into the palimpsest of the mind.
Margaret Gill
Filed under landscape, photography, Poem, Sand, Sea, Shore, Texture, Uncategorized
Thornham Salt Marshes
Thornham Harbour, North Norfolk (see https://lagill6.wordpress.com/2017/10/21/thornham-harbour/ ) is located on a narrow strip of coast designated both as an Area of Natural Beauty and as a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The reed beds, salt marshes, freshwater lagoons and beaches provide important habitats for wildlife.
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Filed under grasses, landscape, photography, Sea, Shore, Texture, Uncategorized, Water