Saturday 22 August 2020

A bit of a storm...or two

Storm Ellen has visited and caused havoc -

at any rate it has on the beach at Woolacombe

There stood a row of some 70 beach huts - known as the 'painted ladies' due to the fact they are all given ladies names

Then on Thursday 20th August 2020 the storm came in with high tides and Very Strong winds, 

which meant that some of the beach huts took a dip!

We got some photos on Thursday evening







People who had hired a beach hut were desperately trying to retrieve their belongings, but not all managed the task and their belongings were lost (hopefully they didn't leave anything too expensive in the huts)  - here's a link about the hire of beach huts, although I wouldn't advise trying to book anything at the moment!!!  

here's a couple of clips, one from Thursday night - 26 seconds of a floating beach hut -
just click the picture to view



and then Friday morning -
again click the picture to view





During the afternoon diggers arrived on the beach to add huge sandbags 
around the base of the Life Guards Hut

click the picture to view -  debris and sunset







 ~ Have a great weekend all ~












4 comments:

robin cox walsh said...

Mother Nature...she wins EVERY time! :-/

ann @ studiohyde said...

Robin.....if only we could harness the power of those waves! 🌊🌊🌊

Eileen H said...

Saw this on the national news on TV. It reported all 70 huts were dragged into the sea.
What a shame for the poor holidaymakers who lost their belongings.

ann @ studiohyde said...

Eileen.....yes it is typical news hounds that get the info wrong...not all 70 went into the sea, only a few at the far end. Most have been saved anyway :)