The Rats Haven’t Left, Yet

Walked by an abandoned ship, sinking into the shore mud and wanted to crawl around on it. So, I did. Here are some pictures.

Courtyard out back of the dorms.

Youth group lighthouse boat-thing.

I think it would be fun to live on a boat. It's like a fantasy thing. Maybe it's not? I don't know. It still seems cool.

This is the Colne, looking down the river. You can see the sunken wreckage of some old boat up on the left. I wanted to climb around that thing. Reminded me of when I was a tiny kid in Kuwait.

The prow of an abandoned boat. I don't know if it sunk before it was abandoned, or after. There are wrecked boats all up and down the river. I watched over a couple of weeks as a couple bought and tried to rebuild a boat which sunk and is now, I presume permanently, mired in the mud and taking a snorkeling sorties every time the tide comes in. Not very exciting, as stories go, but I like to think that there are stories behind some of these that are kick ass.

Closer shot of the boat.

Rotting deck planks- cool texture, colors and lichen

The mud below the ship is normally just for grass, but the relative dryness of the ship has allowed hardier plants which require dryer soil. You can see some of the bushes and flowers that have made the wreck home.

Boat-quet.

One "f" short of the production company for Xavier: Renegade Angel and Wondershowzen. Coincidence? Probably.

The prow.

Closer shot of the prow.

Wider prow-shot.

Cool shot of the boat.

Wide shot of the prow with nice texture.