I followed the path seen from the landing window. It snakes around, crosses a bridge over the Tarka trail...
and comes out on the beach. The Severn Sands boat in the distance and the Quay cafe beyond. As I got closer to the vessel I heard a strange clanging sound coming from its bowels.
There was no sign of anyone and no visible means of boarding it at low tide. I heard the clanging again and decide to walk towards the cafe and civilisation. It felt decidedly creepy.
It was a relief to walk up through butttercup meadow and reach the cottage...
and tell MTL about my strange Marie Celeste experience .
12 comments:
If you could have seen a way to board the Severn Sands would you have been tempted?
Was it the Clangers making the clanging sound?
A ghost ship! Probably someone doing repairs down below. Always causes a bit of a din.
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Eryl: with you there beside me I'd have been in like Flynn:)
Kim: not sure - the Clangers seems to ring a bell.
Scarlet: they had to be ghostly repairers else how did they get there?
How wonderfully spooky!
I have a feeling that the clanging you heard was due to expansion of the metal joints, since the boat was out of water and would have temperature changes.
I would love coming across a boat like that on a walk. I can only imagine what it looks like shrouded in fog!
Leah: even in broad daylight I felt a little nervous and didn't linger.
Judy: ohhhhh! Spoil sport:)
Kanani: I have seen it like that but only from a distance. Apparently it just turned up on the beach about a year ago and the people who own the award winning cafe were not best pleased. I want to know all about it but getting info is like pulling hen's teeth.
My youngest daughter would be there with her camera. I would be tempted to join her.
Debra: it certainly makes a great subject to photograph.
Oooooooooo! Mysteriouso...! What a lovely place that is....So much to see and to experience, including the scary stuff...!
Naomi: did you see that Randall followed a ink and read about someone who had sneaked on board and heard clanging sounds as he walked around.
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