Lighthouses

[Maud]

Ariadne and Happisburgh lighthouse

 

[jts46]

Inspector Montalbano house and lighthouse, we visited in Sicily

 

[TwentyOneThirtyFive]

This thread is shaping up nicely

Here's another different one, this is on Helgoland.

 

[Hotel California]

As the ferry from Kristiansand to Hirtshals left just a moment ago spotted thisone....from on the outer deck waving Norway goodbye....

Hard to see .....but it's a lighthouse

 

[TwentyOneThirtyFive]

Took Magmil's advice and spent a weird but wonderful weekend around Dungeness. Here was our campsite one night, right next to the old (1904) lighthouse.

Our next door neighbour was a German Cali. Anyway, from here you can also see the newer (1961?) lighthouse, built to replace the older one because the power station was blocking the light.

It's a bit pricey to go up the lighthouse (£4 per adult), but I suppose we did camp in their car park and the views were excellent. Along the coast, great fish and chips to be had at the Pilot Inn

 

[Californiaman]

Not really a lighthouse and I wasn't in my Cali either but on my way home from Bradford this morning, I made a small diversion to see the transmitting tower at Emley Moor. Its the tallest freestanding structure in the UK. The sun was at just the right spot to make it look like a light house! I'm not familiar with the area but I am thinking there must be some great camping / walking there...

 

[daz60]

I used to work at the Point Of Ayr Colliery in the 1980s, North Wales at Tellacker, I am not sure how you spell it, but there is a lighthouse on the beach, as anyone been there ?

 

[daz60]

Not the pit, the lighthouse

 

[daz60]

spelt Talacre

 

[motacyclist]

I used to work at the Point Of Ayr Colliery in the 1980s, North Wales at Tellacker, I am not sure how you spell it, but there is a lighthouse on the beach, as anyone been there ?

Yes, it's still there and some nice beach walking along there too. It's not spectacular but worth a visit if passing nearby.

 

[TwentyOneThirtyFive]

A few more, this time from Lincolnshire and Norfolk.

Guarding the entrance to the river Nene are a pair of these, one on each side:

Meanwhile, the Old Hunstanton lighthouse (accompanied here by the old coastguard lookout) seems to be missing something important:

 

[Hotel California]

On a trip in Normandie , France
Phare d'Ailly near Dieppe



And thisone , Cap d'Antifer, France

Spent the night there all alone , suberp view over the sea and just the swiveling light above....

 

[Hotel California]

Do these count....?

La pointe de Cabourg, Normandie-France


Watch the cormorant just taking off as i got to close....
An other still sitting on the lower platform.
There were many of them cormorants.

 

[Hotel California]

At Goury ,Normandie- France
Lighthouse called : Groz du Raz
Close to Cap de la Hague , not that far away from the UK

 

[TwentyOneThirtyFive]

South Foreland Lighthouse. NT property, opens to the public next weekend, not last weekend...

 

[Alfokla]

Something different: The "Ijzeren Kaap" near Oosterend on Texel.
It's a " fireless beacon" , used for navigation during daytime. It formed a beacon line with the church tower of Oosterend.

 

[Hotel California]

Pour ce qui parle un peux le francais
http://www.brest-terres-oceanes.fr/fr/article/le-finistere-nord-ses-cotes-et-ses-phares
A link on some lighthouses on the coast of bretanie , seems only in french ...

Thisone you can rent to spent the night..
http://en.pharedekerbel.com/

And more here...
http://www.brittanytourism.com/ideas/brittany-experiences/sunset-from-the-top-of-eckmuehl-lighthouse

 

[Rich20]

There is something similar although made of concrete on the Brixham peninsula in Devon. I think they are called "Daymarkers" in the UK and also used for navigation.

 

[Meoncoast]

Lots of little harbours have "day markers" it the past fishing boats could spot the safe haven of the harbour

Just returned from a week of lighthouse spotting Flanbrough Head Lighthouse is a nice Cali stop.

 

[2CV67]

Cabo de Sao Vicente - Portugal

Tranoy - Norway

Perros-Guirec - France

Saint-Tropez - France

Cheating. This is a daytime beacon at Ars-en-Ré - France

 

[Meoncoast]

glad this post has come into life again

 

[ArcticMatt]

I love a good lighthouse me. We stayed next to Lindesnes which is the Norwegian Lands-end a few years back in my Syncro

IMGP7751 by Matt Wilde, on Flickr

 

[ArcticMatt]

And Skrova Fyr on the way out to Lofoten from Skutvika

IMGP6143 by Matt Wilde, on Flickr

 

[Meoncoast]

St Mary's Lighthouse near Blyth

 

[Meoncoast]