Happy New Year all...it has come to my attention that I feel more or less like this ship wreck after last nights activity. Again.
This is the wreck of the Gairloch which ran aground on the coast just south of New Plymouth on 5th January 1903 on what, according to the records, was (somewhat logically) "a dark night". The only things that were salvaged from the wreck was linen, cutlery and alcohol so I can only imagine that the crew had partying on their minds.
I am a confirmed and certifiable nutbar with a penchant for skulls, bones, blood, guts, fire and anything slightly peculiar and mostly bizarre. I also...
@bigugly Thanks very much - There's not much left now, just this portion, but to last 100+ years is a good effort I think. Apparently if you're prepared to have "a short wade out to sea" you can still the remains of the engines as well...
Interesting, I just did a little reading on it. I was hoping to find out what type engines were on it, thinking perhaps, one of ours. We've been making engines for well over a hundred years at my facility.
Very cool. I like it. And it is back to normal for you. Phew. I'm doing a B&W to kick start 2015. Great minds think alike. So I will give you a FAV because it is obvious to me that we are not brother and sister.
Sounds like you had a good night. I feel better than I did yesterday morning which means i had a great night too just in different ways. May 2015 be a ............... Year for you. Fill in the blank space as you wish.
Very nice way to start the new year.....gloomy, apocalyptic, skeletal, no wonder you are drawn to this wreck! Wonderful capture! Here is to a fun filled 2015!
@blueberry1222 Thanks very much :) @bigugly Sadly there's not that much detail available on it...and you certainly don't look 100... ;) @tellefella Thanks very much, appreciated @annied A dark night struck me as peculiar as well...and thank you nice lady :) @northy Thanks very much - tomorrow you can see more of this wreck but in glorious technicolour @golftragic Thank you so much, pleased you like it @pamknowler Thanks very much - I have been told that it was good night @nanderson Thanks very much indeed :) @shepherdmanswife Thank you so much :) @ltodd Thank you very much - if only I had PS ;) @wenbow Same to you and thanks :) @juliedduncan Thank you kindly :) @aikiuser Thanks very much indeed :) @karlow75 Thanks very much - I'll have a look at it on black then @pusspup Thank you kindly :) @amyleewinfield Thank you very much :) @rustymonkey Thank you very much indeed :) @rosiekerr Thank you very much and to you and yours as well @deliad Absolutely and thank you very much @eyeamlisa Thank you very much and you too! @gigiflower Thanks so much nice lady type person - tomorrow you can see more of this but in glorious technicolour because I know how you like me to do things differently ;) @newbank Thank you, as always - may 2015 also be a ........year for you :) @panthora Absolutely and thank you very much :)
I love that you are spending so much of your holiday from work in such self-induced sad shape. Did you know, Mr S, that mild intoxication is the feeling of 10,000 brain cells drowning? Can you imagine how many you've drowned in the last week or so? It's an interesting point to ponder. oh...I've killed my share, too. Cheers!
Like the photo, too. Best wishes to you and your family for the new year.
Love it, it has this apocalyptic feel, very impressive. Hope you feel back to your normal self soon, festivities get us all you know, It´s not like I`d feel like a queen today ;)
@annied Yeah yeah, they all say that ;) @jaynspain Thank you very much :) @tonygig Thank you very much and likewise to you @dh Thank you kindly :) @888rachel Thanks so much, appreciated @andy3168 Thanks very much and the same to you @voiceprintz Thank you very much and best wishes to you. It is an interesting point to ponder...and I must have had an excess of cells as I still seem to have the ability to string a coherent sentence together. Although spell check does seem to be doing its fair share of the work ;) @susale Thank you kindly - it's just the time of year when over indulgence shows us a thing or two!
@annied and Graeme - your banter makes me smile and I love the humour! This photo is a real graphic portrayal of a wreck - a stark reminder of what can happen at a party!
@dide Thanks very much indeed - Happy New Year to you as well @maggiemae Thanks very much - with @annied you just have to roll with it, she's a bit unstable me thinks ;) @bill_fe Straight back at ya ;) @ceilidh Twas a god night by all accounts...and thanks very much
@rachelwithey Happy New Year to you too, and it's too late for that now! @kt8ird Thanks very much :) @annied As long as your slushy is safe the all is well
@bigugly Sadly there's not that much detail available on it...and you certainly don't look 100... ;)
@tellefella Thanks very much, appreciated
@annied A dark night struck me as peculiar as well...and thank you nice lady :)
@northy Thanks very much - tomorrow you can see more of this wreck but in glorious technicolour
@golftragic Thank you so much, pleased you like it
@pamknowler Thanks very much - I have been told that it was good night
@nanderson Thanks very much indeed :)
@shepherdmanswife Thank you so much :)
@ltodd Thank you very much - if only I had PS ;)
@wenbow Same to you and thanks :)
@juliedduncan Thank you kindly :)
@aikiuser Thanks very much indeed :)
@karlow75 Thanks very much - I'll have a look at it on black then
@pusspup Thank you kindly :)
@amyleewinfield Thank you very much :)
@rustymonkey Thank you very much indeed :)
@rosiekerr Thank you very much and to you and yours as well
@deliad Absolutely and thank you very much
@eyeamlisa Thank you very much and you too!
@gigiflower Thanks so much nice lady type person - tomorrow you can see more of this but in glorious technicolour because I know how you like me to do things differently ;)
@newbank Thank you, as always - may 2015 also be a ........year for you :)
@panthora Absolutely and thank you very much :)
Like the photo, too. Best wishes to you and your family for the new year.
@jaynspain Thank you very much :)
@tonygig Thank you very much and likewise to you
@dh Thank you kindly :)
@888rachel Thanks so much, appreciated
@andy3168 Thanks very much and the same to you
@voiceprintz Thank you very much and best wishes to you. It is an interesting point to ponder...and I must have had an excess of cells as I still seem to have the ability to string a coherent sentence together. Although spell check does seem to be doing its fair share of the work ;)
@susale Thank you kindly - it's just the time of year when over indulgence shows us a thing or two!
@maggiemae Thanks very much - with @annied you just have to roll with it, she's a bit unstable me thinks ;)
@bill_fe Straight back at ya ;)
@ceilidh Twas a god night by all accounts...and thanks very much
@kt8ird Thanks very much :)
@annied As long as your slushy is safe the all is well
@annied I have now stopped dripping
@divast8er Thank you very much :)
@jess1204 Thank you so much :)
@yrhenwr Thank you kindly :)