It was far to windy today to even consider a walk on the fells so after a trip into Morecambe to catch up with a few things I decided to walk down to the North roundhead at Heysham Harbour. The wind which had been very strong overnight had seemed to be dropping in the earlier part of the morning but I'm sure that it was freshening again as I made my way to the Harbour. It is just under 1.5 miles from our house to the North roundhead and normally takes me a gentle 30 minutes. Today it took over 50 minutes to get there but the return with the wind astern was quicker.
Half Moon Bay
It was a rather dull part of the day at this point although the sun had been shining earlier
The helicopter landing pad near the gas base
The remains of the Near Naze lighthouse with the Heysham Barrows behind
The remains of the South Breakwater. Each year a little more seems to disappear.
Looking across the harbour entrance to the South roundhead. It was quite difficult to stand at this point let alone take a picture!
Just one small cargo vessel in the harbour.
The berth in the far right hand corner is where the Isle of Man ferry should be. It was about 1:30pm when I took this and it should arrive around noon so I assume the sailing was cancelled.
The only vessel in the harbour was this stand-by vessel for the Morecambe Bay gas field.
This berth is known as the "Fish Quay". It used to be used by the Fleetwood trawlers to take on fuel before setting sail for Iceland.
As I made my way back a pair of Cormorants flew by just above the waves. Even they seemed to be struggling against the wind. Only managed to catch one on camera though.
The Centrica gas base
The stone lighthouse at Near Naze. I'm not sure what the history is regarding these two lighthouses. From what I believe the one in the previous picture was a 69 feet cast iron skeletal tower which was used with the light on the south roundhead as "leading in" lights, whereas this stone tower was built to warn small boats off the rocky outcrop of Near Naze.
And finally.....looking across the heli-pad to Heysham Barrows.
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