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 .
If you could have seen a way to board the Severn Sands would you have been tempted?
ReplyDeleteWas it the Clangers making the clanging sound?
ReplyDeleteA 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:)
ReplyDeleteKim: 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!
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteI would love coming across a boat like that on a walk. I can only imagine what it looks like shrouded in fog!
ReplyDeleteLeah: even in broad daylight I felt a little nervous and didn't linger.
ReplyDeleteJudy: 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.
ReplyDeleteDebra: it certainly makes a great subject to photograph.
ReplyDeleteOooooooooo! Mysteriouso...! What a lovely place that is....So much to see and to experience, including the scary stuff...!
ReplyDeleteNaomi: 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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