Penrhyn Quarry, which is about to pretty much become my neighbour, had its own little port to ship out the roofing slates. And that port is now only used for pleasure boats, so a lot of what you see is plastic boats that just don't set my heart a-flutter, but when I had to be there anyway I did go and have a look at it. And that was nice! I found a beautiful old pilot boat next to a locally famous public toilet, and a nice old rusty crane. These guys at least have taste in where they put their offices!
The old crane
The pretty pilot boat; the round building next to it is a historic public toilet
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Hi Margot,
The old wooden boat is my own, I bought her just over two years ago from Newcastle on the East coast. She was a pilot boat for Sunderland council. I haven't had much chance to do the work I had planned but I hope to start again this September. Her name is Wearmouth named after the bridge in Sunderland. I have a group on facebook called 'Wearmouth Sunderland pilot boat'. Thank you for your kind comments, Phil.
Hi Phil, thanks for that! It's a beautiful boat and I hope you get her into excellent shape again! I'll have a look at the FB page...
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