Impressive tide today in the Bay - looked ominous when the council started to put the emergency barriers in the sea wall gaps this morning - thought they were just checking if they fitted alright but as things went it was a darn high tide! Got to our first floor breakfast room overlooking the Bay and the stone groin was completely submerged except for a few Knot and Dunlin occupying the few stones not covered. Checked the tide timetables for the high tide which was to reach 10.41 Metres at 13:20. Mmmmm a little concerned now - groin completely covered, sea-water steadily rising up the slipway only feet from the prom path, and there's still half an hour to go! - alarm bells a ringling and a dingling - visions flashing before me of all our lovely worldly goods floating in our basement apartment! Relief. 13:20 came and the tide started to turn making a slow retreat from the prom and eventually back to the Irish sea. Oh yes. Lovely. Than God. Time for tea and biscuits to assuage the trauma. Saw the same huge branch in the middle of the Bay as the tide was receding, this time it was being taken back out to sea whereas yesterday morning it was riding high and heading inland towards Hest Bank - wasn't sure what it was at first, could have been a boat, got binos out and it was a very very big tree branch - cool. Bye bye Mr.Branch might see you on the high tide again tomorrow.
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