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22 November 2008
Moon jellyfish (dead)
Hundreds of jellyfish were washed ashore in Northumberland during heavy weather in September. Most of them seemed to be moon jellyfish like these. Moon jellyfish are harmless to humans.
20 November 2008
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17 November 2008
Le grand château
16 November 2008
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Directions
09 November 2008
Longstone Lighthouse
Longstone Island, Northumberland
This is the lighthouse from which Grace Darling and her father launched their small fishing coble to rescue the remaining members of the crew of the wrecked Forfarshire during a storm in 1838. It is an incredible story and well worth reading about.
Grace Darling was 22 years old when she risked her life in an open boat to help the survivors of the wrecked SS Forfarshire on 7 September 1838. With her father, she rowed for over a mile through raging seas to reach them. The courage that Grace and her family showed on that day is now legendary.
Source: http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/the_heritage_trust/grace_darling_museum
See also:
Wikipedia article
Britain Unlimited article
If you ever have the chance to see the actual fishing coble which Grace had to keep still on the very rough sea, you realise how much strength, skill and courage she must have had. It is certainly very awe-inspiring.
08 November 2008
I spilled the paint!
I dropped the paint bucket down the cliff...
Actually, Wikipedia informs me that they are calcium carbide deposits. I thought it was rather a lot for bird droppings, even during nesting season!