Dandelion 122

 

The harbour begins to stir. The shriek of the wind now a tuneful, twenty five knot, whistle. On the moorings, off Lake Yard, keelboats rig up for a Bank Holiday blast.

Dinghies are carried down the pebbled foreshore. Toward the rising tide. For a fishing expedition.

Beyond the Special Boat Squadron (SBS) base, known locally as 'The Marines,' ('Forbidden Area. Strictly No Photography.') the timbers of the old (World War Two) seaplane jetty stalk their way across the shallows.

Marking a change in the character of the harbour. From sea estuary to inland river. Rockley Point's wooded banks, crowd down to the water's edge, in the distance. Met, on the opposite bank, by a sylvan, green, crescent, formed by Gold and Pachins Points. Which shield Arne Bay behind them.

Above the jetty, the Hamworthy shore arcs inward. High banks and lush scrub, providing sufficient shelter, to tempt paddle boarders afloat.