Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Oh Buoy!

Geoff was suspicious of this sizeable oddity on the beach in front of us this morning, approaching tentatively he periodically stopped watched for any movement and gave a unconvincing warning bark. The object wasn't at all bothered. The object turns out to be a visitor from the United States of America, a 2 ton buoy (phonetically 'boy' to us, or 'boo-ie' to America) which must have broken free from it's tethering chain (the remains of which can be seen attached) somewhere off the East Coast and bobbed across the pond. That's quite a journey, and quite a moment when even maritime furniture decides to flee Trump's America. When it arrived it had a structure on top, a light and 'x' symbol, where they've gone, I don't know. The coastal flotsam and jetsam never fails to prick the imagination.

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