Lighthouses

[briwy]

The Kjeungskjær lighthouse built in 1880 off the coast of Norway. Taken from the Hurtigruten boat.

 

[2CV67]

Just Beachy Head...

 

[Hotel California]

Dungeness light house UK , where we spent the night during a recent trip.

 

[Hotel California]

Point Lynas lighthouse in Anglesey - Wales only gives light to seaside not visible from behind.
Stays on even at daytime , 1sec on 9 sec off
It is for sale at this moment ....http://lighthousesforsale.co.uk/llaneilian/




And the entrance from landside , think it said 1855 above

 

[DM]

Hoping to tick Fastnet tomorrow - obs not in the Cali!!

 

[Meoncoast]

Between Silloth & Skinburness is , East Cote Lighthouse dates back to 1864 when it was a “mobile” lighthouse on a rail track however in 1914 it became fixed in its current position.

 

[DM]

Hoping to tick Fastnet tomorrow - obs not in the Cali!!

And here it is. Stark and imposing. Impossible not to reflect on the 15 sailors who died in the 1979 Fastnet race.

 

[2CV67]

Hercules Tower at A Coruna in Spain.
There is a well-preserved 2nd-century Roman Stone lighthouse INSIDE this tower.
Supposedly the oldest lighthouse in the world?

Same with floodlights

Cabo de Penas in Spain

Presumably foghorns at Cabo de Penas
Fortunately not used while we were overnighting next door...

 

[Meoncoast]

Holyhead Southstack

 

[Meoncoast]

Trwyn Du Lighthouse Anglesey

 

[Amarillo]

Eddystone Lighthouse V and the remains of Eddystone Lighthouse IV
(Photos taken on Crispin Senior's 80th birthday with his four sons)

 

[tuono001]

This is the closest I've been able to get to a lighthouse on my recent trips.
Southport pleasure beach with the kids

 

[Meoncoast]

low light Burnham on sea a few nights away at CC site there this weekend.

 

[Wind Witch]

low light Burnham on sea a few nights away at CC site there this weekend. View attachment 17066

Ooh, thanks Andy. I've jus been reading a book set in Burnham in which the author describes how Burnham lighthouse is an oddity as it's supported on stilts - now I see what he means.

 

[Radio-active]

Here's a picture I took of the lighthouse on a 'nice' day at the Northern tip of the Outer Hebrides, the Butt of Lewis....

 

[Meoncoast]

Porthcawl breakwater lighthouse South Wales

 

[Loz]

 

[Meoncoast]

Flat Holm Lighthouse from Scully South Wales.

 

[TwentyOneThirtyFive]

This has turned into a great thread, with some inspiration for new places to visit.

Sadly, this will be my last contribution to the thread (the Westy is going, but I promised HC I'd stick some more photos up from our first trip with the new van), but I'll pop back often to check on this thread.

Tarbat Ness

The old and the new lighthouses at Fraserburg. The Lighthouse museum is excellent!

And finally the dinky little lighthouse at Ratray Head. We camped next to the lighthouse keeper's cottages, with a view of the lighthouse. Bit of a bumpy road, but worth it.

 

[Meoncoast]

The Lighthouse museum is excellent!

+1 for that

 

[exdent]

The most famous and pictured lighthouse in Germany: Westerhever, Schleswig-Holstein, North-Sea

 

[Philip]

Andenes, Norway


from the sea


between Unstad & Eggum, Lofoten, Norway

Henningsvaer, Lofoten, Norway

 

[Tony Beretta]

Faro de Alcoceber, Castellón, Spain.
A good place to do wild camping.

 

[Meoncoast]

Todhead Opened in 1897 and decommissioned in 2007, Tod Head lies south of Stonehaven and near Catterline,

 

[marchugo]

The art deco lighthouse this weekend at the quay in Vlissingen, or Flushing, as the Dutch port in Zeeland is called in English.




We were returning from touring the Flanders region in the North of France, visiting a hand full of small museums in small towns. It's amazing how many nice museums there are in French Flanders. Can recommend a trip there.




Although mid-winter, we found a campsite every night, here near the city of Le Cateau. Minus 6 Celsius, but a wonderful Matisse museum in town.

Regards from Amsterdam,

Marc.