Friday, February 09, 2007
3rd February Hayling Island Part 3 The Westerly Point
This aerial view shows Hayling Island. It is taken from above the West side, where we walked in the afternoon.The beach at the bottom is alongside Langstone Channel, and you can see our own pictures of this area below.
In this aerial picture we can look across the entire southern part of the island - we had our lunch towards the middle and we had walked at the far end in the morning.
This is a wide shot from Hayling Island across Langstone Channel.
We walked by the entrance to Langstone Harbour towards the open sea. The beach is wide and empty on the Hayling Island side.You may be able to see that out to sea there are waves breaking at right angles to the ones rolling onto the beach.
A small flock of turnstones were busy at the water's edge.
This is Fort Cumberland which was a base for The Royal Marines until 1973. It is now being developed as an English Heritage Site.The original fort was established in 1747. The first fortress is a strong five pointed star shaped building.
It is fascinating to see it Google Earth.
The pattern made by the water on the sand reminded me of a maiden's hair in a Pre Raphaelite painting
This little clump of teasels on the wide empty beach by the harbour captured our attention.
The tide was going out at an amazing speed - much of Langstone Harbour empties of water every few hours.
It is hard to capture the movement of the water in a photo, but maybe you can see that the water is rushing by the boats and the jetty.
The little ferry boat glides between the fishing boats, back in the harbour after a successful day.We are looking inland towards Havant.
In the late afternoon sun, people gather at the inn by the harbour, looking out to sea.
In the late afternoon sun, people gather at the inn by the harbour, looking out to sea.