Bracing day in St Andrews
Bracing was hardly the word for it. After the deceptive mildness of March we were hurtled back to winter in early April. Our day in St Andrews included horizontal hail showers, gales, freezing rain and the occasional glimpse of sun.
I wish I had sound to go with these photos so that you could hear the roar and thunder of the waves.
We didn't venture too far out along the pier, for fear of being blown off. Normally peopled by casually strolling tourists and sometimes by red-gowned students (and I have readers who know more about that than I do), there was only a single meditative figure in one of the niches in the sea wall.
Thanks for the pics and the vivid description. Looks from your weather map that you've got more wet weather in store. We had horizontal rain here in the desert a day ago.
ReplyDeleteYou're right, the weather map is a bit monotonous just now. Still, I did complain about dry weather.
DeleteWe forget here even your rain can be extreme in the desert.
I SO wish you had sound, too! Beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteMy camera does have a video thingy, Linda, but I only ever seem to turn it on by accident.
DeleteIt does look really rough out there. I have heard the sounds of the ocean with storm like winds. It is overwhelming. Go captures of bad weather.
ReplyDeleteBad weather can be beautiful - as long as one is safe.
DeleteThese pics are incredible! The 2nd one looks like a painting.
ReplyDeletePerhaps it's the slightly blurry effect caused by being buffeted by the wind!
DeleteIt may have been some nasty weather but it sure made for some great pictures!!
ReplyDeleteIt was actually very hard to stop taking pictures - the conditions were so wild.
DeleteThat first photo is so beautiful to me!
ReplyDeleteThe ruins are of St Andrews castle, which was built around 1200 I think. Quite a spot to decide to build!
DeleteI love St Andrews. Love to walk the beach. Have found many peices of wonderful sea glass.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE a rough surf. Glad you are not swept out to see.
Yes, St Andrews is a lovely place. Sea glass finds are precious. Have you done anything novel with your collection?
DeleteThese are photos? The top one looks like a classic painting. Gorgeous. I'd love to hear it, but it's enough to see it.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing like ancient ruins for giving that painterly effect!
Deletend what a place eh Linda, it looks fantastic, and all the more so in that weather. The only way to see such a part of coastline. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I love having four seasons, Gary. So many different faces of a land or seascape are revealed.
DeleteI grew up near the sea, and these photos took me right back there. These days, the most water we ever see at one time is the irrigation out in the orchard. Beautiful photos, Linda. I'm glad you didn't blow away.
ReplyDeleteGlad to have provided a nostaligic glimpse for you, Clair.
DeleteI can hear the roar and thunder of the waves and imagine the freezing biting wind!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. St Andrews is one of the many places we would like to visit.
Do make the trip, Annie, it's well worth it. And lovely fishing villages all round the Fife coast. Although when I catch myself saying that I wince, because my grandfather was a trawler fisherman who lived in what is now a conservation village. At the time however it was just sheer survival and near poverty in the years between the wars.
DeleteIndeed, quite a difference as you pointed out, between our two seas ! Love these pics also !
ReplyDeleteNow I'm longing to see your Belgian coastline with those stripey windsocks.
Deletegreat pictures, Linda. St. Andrews is a favorite spot of mine although we have only ever been when it's warm enough to have a paddle and a sit-down on the beach. Wild waves are also a personal favorite, so I enjoyed all the photos.
ReplyDeleteThat's why newcomers avoid speaking to people on the street in New York City... fear of being blown off! 8-) Hee hee! Great pix, btw.
ReplyDeleteI DID hear the waves when I looked at that photo! Beautiful. And I'm glad that you had a good time despite unseasonal weather.
ReplyDeleteI remember North Sea gales from my time living in Holland, and these photos bring back the memories.
ReplyDeleteHow beautifully ferocious! I am quite pleased you decided NOT to investigate the waves from the dock!
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