Trevose Head lighthouse is perched atop 50 metre cliffs, overlooking the dubiously named ‘Stinking Cove’. Out to sea some impressive rocks point skywards above the constant swell; the Bull and the Quies. The lighthouse commands a wide view up and down the Bristol Channel, and when first built was the only light to guide ships [...]
Archive for February 2007
1997 5 comments
Halsewell that Doesn’t End Well Leave a comment
I’ve just completed the first draught of the chapter describing my most local coast and my favourite paddle, the Swanage to Kimmeridge trip. You might think that writing about coast that I already know well would be a doddle, but it somehow took me all of yesterday to jumble 1500 words together. The problem is not [...]
The Strand Leave a comment
At low tide, the beach of Trebarwith Strand in North Cornwall is full of tourists and surfers. At high tide, the long beach disappears completely and the sea washes up to the cliffs and rocks.
Oh Come With Me to the Rolling Sea 8 comments
A few of us headed off from Weymouth early this morning with the notion of paddling around the Isle of Portland. It’s not quite an island in reality, as it’s connected to Dorset by the pebbles of Chesil Beach. This is a tricky trip to get right, as the tide flows all over the place [...]
One of a Kind 1 comment
Along the entire English coast, there is only a single cape.
Big Brother 2 comments
This headland is several miles south of my house. I’ve paddled around it dozens of times, bouncing through the big tide race at the bottom. Most of the time I’ve been paddling without companions, but I’ve never been alone. ‘The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) is a voluntary organisation set up in 1994 to restore a [...]
