This is a scene from my hometown of Hastings, on the south coast of England. Here the fishing boats are hauled up the shingle beach and then launched into the sea by tractors. Even the local Lifeboat is treated similarly. There is a harbour arm, but I dont think it would afford much protection. So you can walk amongst the beached boats with all the paraphernalia of a fishing port strewn across the shingle. I saw this fellow sitting out of the wind behind two boats eating his lunch and there was one gull jealously eyeing his fish dinner.
So I added a few more – to up the tension – for as you know, there aren`t many things hungrier than a gull, unless, that is, it`s a man who has just lost his lunch.
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Works well good balanced composition. 👍
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Thanks Ken.
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This one is amazing!
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Glad you like it GP
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Do they only bring the boats out of the water for repair, or is it a nightly thing?
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It’s where they keep their boats – whenever they’re not fishing.
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Great painting, Graham, interesting too!
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Beautiful – I can almost smell the seaweed and feel the wind!
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Thanks Jo. Hang on a while longer and the rotting fish starts to come through.
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LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now that’s properly funny!
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Those shingles would scrape
the barnacles off your keel 🤔
We have a Hastings on the
Victorian coast, here in Australia,
only with a lovely sandy beach 🏖️
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The place is close to chalk hills hence the shingle – though there`s a bit of sand at low tide. I`ve not been to the Australian version only the ones in New Zealand and Nebraska.
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