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The picture below was taken on Holy Island just off the North East coast of England on New Year's Day.
Trapped by andysnapper1, on Flickr
It was the only photo I took that day and here's why.
I didn't have a lot to drink on NYE, enough to enjoy myself but not enough to have a bad hangover so at 09.30 I said to the current Mrs Snap (who was hungover) that I was going out with the camera for a few hours. Ok says she but first could you make a pot of soup for us all to have for lunch? Allright says I (muttering under breath about losing the nice light) and off I went to make soup for 9. 10.30 and I finally get out of the cottage, by this time the light has gone all grey and miserable, still Bamburgh Castle is only 40 minutes away sure to get some good shots there.
20 minutes later I'm stuck behind Polly Pensioner doing 40 down the A1, now its drizzling and the wind has picked up to gale force. "Sod this,there's a sign to Holy Island, I'll just pop along have a quick scout round for locations and come back when the weathers better and home in time for lunch"
Down at the causeway there are people walking back and to, cars parked halfway along and no sea to be seen, straight across then and up to the village. As I pulled into the car park I saw a large LED display... SAFE CROSSING TIMES TODAY 06.15 to 11.55....thats all right its only....aaarrgghhh 12.05. Spin the car around and head back to the causeway.
Well I'm sure you can all guess the result, too late the tide has swept in over the mudflats at speed and I'm stuck on a small island in a storm, with nothing open (except the pub but I can't get lashed as I've got to drive back) for 6 and a half hours.....:rage:
What a muppet.
Trapped by andysnapper1, on Flickr
It was the only photo I took that day and here's why.
I didn't have a lot to drink on NYE, enough to enjoy myself but not enough to have a bad hangover so at 09.30 I said to the current Mrs Snap (who was hungover) that I was going out with the camera for a few hours. Ok says she but first could you make a pot of soup for us all to have for lunch? Allright says I (muttering under breath about losing the nice light) and off I went to make soup for 9. 10.30 and I finally get out of the cottage, by this time the light has gone all grey and miserable, still Bamburgh Castle is only 40 minutes away sure to get some good shots there.
20 minutes later I'm stuck behind Polly Pensioner doing 40 down the A1, now its drizzling and the wind has picked up to gale force. "Sod this,there's a sign to Holy Island, I'll just pop along have a quick scout round for locations and come back when the weathers better and home in time for lunch"
Down at the causeway there are people walking back and to, cars parked halfway along and no sea to be seen, straight across then and up to the village. As I pulled into the car park I saw a large LED display... SAFE CROSSING TIMES TODAY 06.15 to 11.55....thats all right its only....aaarrgghhh 12.05. Spin the car around and head back to the causeway.
Well I'm sure you can all guess the result, too late the tide has swept in over the mudflats at speed and I'm stuck on a small island in a storm, with nothing open (except the pub but I can't get lashed as I've got to drive back) for 6 and a half hours.....:rage:
What a muppet.
oh dear!! Did they save you any soup? 
Reminds me of the story long before I was born, my parents, then simply 'courting' had gone for a day out to Southport on dads bike. Parking it up on the sands with sea, as it is at Southport, somewhere over the horizon, they lay out their towels and enjoyed the sunshine, quickly dozing off apparently. They were of course woken by getting wet. However, not just was the sea coming in at them, they were actually surrounded by it, having managed to find a slight bank of sand. They pushed the bike back in through what mum says was only a few inches of water, then spent several hours with my dad faffing around drying it off before he would even attempt to start it. Near;y caused a divorce before they had even got married 
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