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No wind today, the storm has gone away!
by SeasideMan @ 23/06/08 - 09:52:39

wind_gone

It’s calmer than spending a wet Sunday on Prozac in a flotation tank today. The massive winds of yesterday have passed on now. It was unbelievably windy for late June. The pockets of my coat are full of sand from it, and that hasn’t happened before. Thankfully, no lasting camera damage from it‘s vigorous sandblasting.

crab_with_key

The picture doesn’t do that crab justice, it was massive, and I felt that I could lose a leg if it was only pretending to be dead. That red key is 7cm long, and the crab was twice as long as it, and over 3 times as wide.  I have no idea why it was dead and just sat there. Lots of crabs seem to end up as seagull food, but this one looks too big and tough to fall prey like that.

Cheers, Tom.

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loiswakemanloiswakeman [Member]
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23/06/08 @ 11:15

Spider crabs are rather scary, aren't they? A friend who dives says the ones in Lyme Bay can have an "armspan" as big as his. The recent ban on scallop dredging may ensure even more giants, I imagine.

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SeasideManSeasideMan pro
23/06/08 @ 13:39

Oh, is that what it is! I didn't know, thanks. The ones you describe sound like monsters!

Tom.

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23/06/08 @ 11:38

that's some size! scary. I'd have run a mile, because I'm a wimp!

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SeasideManSeasideMan pro
23/06/08 @ 13:40

Even though I was pretty sure it was dead, there was still a twinge of fear in me as I knelt down in front of it to take a couple of head-on shots!

Tom.

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MarikaSunSeekerMarikaSunSeeker [Member]
23/06/08 @ 12:07

Bless it, the crab might have got battered beyond redemption in yesterdays rough sea. I note the tranquility of the sea in your other picture, what a difference a day makes eh?
On the subject of Prozac and Flotation tanks, I could do with some of that calmness, after the stress of the flat packs!

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SeasideManSeasideMan pro
23/06/08 @ 13:42

That was a bad tale, of your furniture. I would have been so annoyed about that.

I think you're right, the poor devil probably got battered in the storms.

I'm glad you noticed my use of song titles and lyrics, which I do sometimes. Music is very important to me and I tend to think of musical references quite often.

Tom.

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MarikaSunSeekerMarikaSunSeeker [Member]
23/06/08 @ 12:14

Just another aside, I love the way that you use snippets of songs for your titles, but I guess that one has to be a certain age to appreciate them :yes:

snowglassapplessnowglassapples [Member]
23/06/08 @ 14:06

Blimey! That's gigantic! I'd have poked it with a very long stick before getting too close I think! Poor thing probably got battered in all the nasty weather this weekend.

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SeasideManSeasideMan pro
23/06/08 @ 14:30

I think you're right, it probably got knocked about pretty fearsomely in the storm. Poor blighter.

Tom.

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whoknowswhoknows [Member]
23/06/08 @ 18:33

Wow, I love the pictures on this blog! The last time I was in Aberystwyth a donkey bolted with me on it - I was only held on by one welly. I love Welsh beaches, reminds me of my childhood, we used to go to Tywyn every year. Never saw any crabs there, but LOTS of jellyfish

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SeasideManSeasideMan pro
23/06/08 @ 19:01

Thanks, I'm glad you like the pictures :-)

We get lots of jellyfish here too. I photograpohed some this morning, in fact.

Cheers, Tom.

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