Winter berths by happypat

Winter berths

In the summer these berths at Fleetwood yacht club are full of different size yachts of all shapes & styles.
All pretty much deserted in the winter.
Freeport village & my third visit in a fortnight, not a place I go to normally from one year to the next!

Fleetwood had once a thriving & busy fishing industry but sadly has gone the way all the other fishing towns in the UK. No fishing at all now sadly & the town is a shadow of its former self.
A lot more could be said about that!!

Sorry I seem to have got behind a bit with commenting specially with the new followers, I will do better!

Three good things:
1. I got an appointment to have my ear syringed today at last at Fleetwood same day health place. It hurt!
2. A postcard from NZ.
3. The smell of Fishermans Friend cough lozenges as I drove past the factory this afternoon.
A great pov Pat with the lonely boat and its reflections Hope the ear will recover quickly from the treatment , Could do with some of the "fishermen's friend -- my head is sore and bunged up with a head cold and have felt pretty miserable today and have done nothing all day but cooked dinner and washed up ! So boring !
January 19th, 2017  
Excellent shot, great reflection
January 19th, 2017  
Does look very deserted.. unlike our boat jetty at the moment. Fishermen friend are the best lozenges..
January 19th, 2017  
I like your angle on this and those reflections in the foreground.
January 19th, 2017  
@beryl

Hope you feel much better soon. In the circumstances I think cooking dinner plus washing up is a pretty good achievement!
January 19th, 2017  
@quietpurplehaze Thanks Hazel !
January 19th, 2017  
Lovely shot and reflections Pat. Hope your hearing has improved after this morning.
January 19th, 2017  
A lovely capture and great reflections
January 19th, 2017  
Lovely reflection
January 19th, 2017  
Bep
A lovely capture and nice reflections.
January 19th, 2017  
@quietpurplehaze @beryl So do I Hazel, Beryl is a trouper!
January 19th, 2017  
@julzmaioro You have Fishermans Friend, I didn't realise they got so far away!
January 19th, 2017  
Love the symmetry of the shot, I bet you feel so much more 'with it' now that you can hopefully hear!
January 19th, 2017  
@happypat Sure can .,, get them at the supermarkets..
January 19th, 2017  
A lovely view with great perspective. Mmmm - fishermen's friends!
January 19th, 2017  
Look at those lovely lines! You're the second person to mention Fisherman's Friends today!
January 19th, 2017  
I especially like the reflections in the water.
January 19th, 2017  
Great composition. It's like a ghost town for boats!!
January 19th, 2017  
I do not like Fishermens Friends at all but love this beautiful shot with the only lonely little boat. Hope your ear settles before you travel.
January 19th, 2017  
Lee
Good shot Pat. Fishermans Friend, I love 'em.
January 19th, 2017  
My father in law used to be a fisherman at Fleetwood. He's a social worker now! Glad you got your ear sorted. Nice symmetry in this pic.
January 19th, 2017  
Nice shot.
January 19th, 2017  
@jesperani Sad to see Jennifer, Fleetwood was fishing through & through. Your father in law must be sad to see it, they worked so hard in all weathers.
January 19th, 2017  
@judithg I'm amazed that they are so well known Judith, from here all the way round the world!
January 19th, 2017  
looks rather posh for fleetwood Pat :)
January 20th, 2017  
Great shot and reflections!
January 20th, 2017  
I didn't recognise this as one of yours, Pat! This little yacht must have come in from ports afar to be here in these wintery quiet waters. Your ear clean shouldn't have been painful?
January 20th, 2017  
Winter berth...looks lonely and quiet.its home for winter...like the angle...and how it makes you look down into the harbour berths.
January 20th, 2017  
A beautiful shot, Pat. That sloop looks a bit lonely, but beautiful, in the wintertime yacht club setting. So disturbing to read that Fleetwood's fishing industry is no more. I hope your ear is much better after the procedure. Nothing more annoying than a plugged up ear.
January 20th, 2017  
Great shot; love the lines and symetry.
January 20th, 2017  
Lovely pov ....... not been there for a long time! :)
January 20th, 2017  
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