Share your lighthouses...

[Mark R]

Here's one for starters...



http://southwestseakayaking.co.uk/2011/ ... ighthouse/

[alanshunter]

Link to a video trip out to the Bass Rock Lighthouse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm-lOVVcPJY

[Stuart Yendle]

Three from the Bristol Channel...

Sun Rise on Flat Holm on Christmas Eve last year, hope to do the same again this year.

Monkstone 'Light House Leaping'

Nash Point Light House from Nash Sand Bar

[northwest]

West coast of Ireland...........

[freddy_j]

Isle of May ....

[DaveSt]

The lighthouse on Eilean Musdile, with Lady's Rock (and its beacon) on the right:


Neist Point, Skye - have paddled around it... but fortunately not on a day like this...




Tarbat Ness lighthouse:




Dunnet Head - Lighthouse just visible at the top of the cliffs:


Chanonry Point, The Black Isle:






Barra Head:

[journeyman]

Skokholm

South Bishop

Longships

Eddystone

Mumbles

St Catherine's Point

Bishop Rock

Hartland Point

Penzance

Portland Bill

[JohnML]

Maidens East:



Taken from the abandoned Maidens West:

[extremekayakfishing]

Hurst



Needles

[johnb]

The Skerries

IMGP0752 by john~b, on Flickr

[johnb]

Bardsey

IMGP0559 by john~b, on Flickr

[ArnoG]

Roker


Souter Lighthouse


Scarborough


Pemnon



Anyone know how to share pics from Facebook?

A.-

[andreadawn]

A few Cumbrian lighthouses.


Whitehaven. Hard to believe that this tiny port was once second only to London in the tonnage of goods it handled. It was also the scene of a bizarre American invasion attempt in 1778. John Paul Jones, a Scot who had various dubious adventures in the British merchant navy led the attempt and planned to set fire to, and sink all of the coal and merchant ships in Whitehaven’s harbour at night. Wind and tide caused them some trouble even getting to the harbour. Then they couldn’t manage to set fire to any of the ships as their lanterns had run out of fuel. Some of the party were sent to raid a public house on the quay but it seems that they eventually came back rather drunk just before dawn. It all ended rather farcically when the local townspeople were finally alerted and forced the American party to retreat when they had only managed to set fire to a couple of ships.


St Bees, sitting well back from the cliff edge. You can only really see it by paddling some distance out to sea.


South Walney, whose claim to fame is for having the first woman Principal (as opposed to assistant) keeper in the UK. Can anyone confirm whether this is correct?


This one, known as The Needle is at Rampside, south of Barrow. It is the only survivor of thirteen lights built from 1850-1870 to guard the approaches to Rampside and Barrow.


Not really a lighthouse. The Sir John Barrow monument above Ulverston seen from the River Leven estuary. Sir John Barrow was born in Ulverston and became Second Secretary to the Admiralty and a polar explorer. The monument is based on the third Eddystone lighthouse. The admiralty contributed to the costs as the monument could also be used as a seamark for shipping coming into the Leven estuary and Ulverston canal. It was undergoing restoration here but is now fully restored.


Hodbarrow, built and operated privately for shipping serving the iron ore mines beside the River Duddon estuary. The mines are long abandoned but the lighthouse situated on the sea wall that once protected them has recently been restored.

Andrea Collins

[Mark R]

Anyone know how to share pics from Facebook?

View the pic in Facebook, right-click on it and get the link - paste it here as with other pics.

This is how I do the pics in my blog.

[Mark R]

Not really a lighthouse. The Sir John Barrow monument above Ulverston seen from the River Leven estuary. Sir John Barrow was born in Ulverston and became Second Secretary to the Admiralty and a polar explorer. The monument is based on the third Eddystone lighthouse. The admiralty contributed to the costs as the monument could also be used as a seamark for shipping coming into the Leven estuary and Ulverston canal. It was undergoing restoration here but is now fully restored.

Thanks for reminding me of this great spot! In 93-4 I was working at the school in Ulverston. I ran up to the lighthouse at dawn one morning to check out the newly fallen snow on the fells. I made it back down late for my first lesson...

[Douglas Wilcox]

Turnberry


Carraig Mhor, Sound of Islay


Carraig Fhada, Islay


Skerryvore! (From west coast Tiree)


Modern Little Cumbrae.


Carrag an t-Sruith, Sound of Islay


Ruvaal, Sound of Islay


Ruvaal, Sound of Islay


Holy Island Inner Light.


Holy Island Outer Light


Ailsa Craig

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KxD2i6SyHHk/TaCnFWgyTXI/AAAAAAAAQ3w/UsMUjY5SOSU/s800/20110408IMG_5235.jpg


Caladh Harbour, Kyles of Bute


Sgat Mhor, Loch Fyne


Lady Isle, Firth of Clyde


Fladda


Rubha nan Gall, Sound of Mull


Little Ross, Solway


Little Cumbrae, 1757 light.


Turnberry


Little Cumbrae, Stevenson light.


Little Cumbrae, Stevenson light.


Corran, Loch Linnhe


Carraig nan Ron, Loch Long


Garvellachs

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They take a lot of looking after... NLV Pharos and NLV Pole Star


Portpatrick


Hestan Isle, Solway


Dunollie Light, Oban


Gantocks, Clyde


Cloch, Clyde


Mull of Galloway


Crammag Head, North Channel


Mull of Galloway


NLV Pole Star, West Loch Tarbert, Jura


Rubha Dubh, Colonsay


Dubh Artach (above the fire) from Colonsay


Ardnamurchan


Ardnamurchan from Coll


Ardnamurchan at sunset


Southerness, Solway


Sgeir Bhuidhe, Firth of Lorn


Eilean Musdile, Firth of Lorn


Dubh Sgeir and Fladda


Sanda


McArthur's Head Islay


Oronsay, Islay


Mull of Kintyre


Siolaigh, Monach Islands


Corbierre


Ruadh Sgeir, Sound of Jura


Rubha an Eun, Bute


Turnberry


Ailsa Craig


Pladda


Port Logan


Eilean Ban

I've got more but....
Douglas

[PhilAyr]

I've got more but....
Douglas

Wow ! Browsing through that lot brought back a lot of fond memories.

Good stuff Douglas !

Phil

[DaveSt]

Holborn head, by Scrabster:


Strathy Point:

[johnb]

Have we got the set yet?.... ( UK ones at least! )

[seaview]

Youghal Lighthouse.

[seaview]

Youghal Lighthouse.

[usuallycrocked]

Oxcars

Not quite a lighthouse- Erraid

[Mark R]

Two from Flamborough Head...

http://southwestseakayaking.co.uk/2011/ ... ghthouses/

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[ArnoG]

Easy, thanks Mark.

Point Lynas


South Stack


Bardsey







Great Orme




What is it about lighthouses?

A.-

[EK Sydney]

North Reef Lighthouse








Lady Elliot Light

[Douglas Wilcox]

Couldn't resist updating my collection of Turnberry photos earlier...


...today.

Douglas

[Stuart Yendle]

Oh! Whats Occurring!! Barry Harbour Lighthouse, freezing fog last winter.