Between 1909 and 1970 over fifty schooners, barges, and Severn trows were beached on the banks of the river Severn near the village of Purton in Gloucestershire in England in an attempt to stop further erosion following a severe storm in 1906. The vessels were tugged from Sheerness docks nearby on the Spring tides and pushed up onto the bank creating the largest boat graveyard on mainland Britain.
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Birdman of Worthing 2009
The annual “Birdman” event is now held at Worthing on the West Sussex coast in Southern England, a few miles along the coast from it’s previous home at Bognor Regis. This post consists, mostly, of photographs of the “lovely loonies”, the courageous folk that dress up and throw themselves off the elevated pier into the English Channel to raise money for their favourite charities. God bless ‘em!
Threatened Giant Donkeys of Andalucia
In the heat of the Costa del Sol, just a few kilometers back from the holiday beaches Marlene and Steven Byrd are working tirelessly to save an endangoured species - The Giant Donkeys of Andalucia. Despite listing them as a “breed in danger of extinction” both the national goverment of Spain and the local government, the Junta de Andalucia, refuse to help both financially and in any practical way. Read about their heroic struggle against the odds and see photographs of these beautiful animals.