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Funny. I had the same thought myself. Doesn’t sound like the ,ost promising business plan.
2 years agoHuh. I wonder how they planned to collect / enforce the tolls. It's not like the open sea poses a great deal of natural constraint as to travel path, or opportunities to put up toll collection plazas.
(See the LePetomaine Throughway scene from "Blazing Saddles"...)
Good to know. We have them here, too, and I was wondering what they are.
2 years agoIt really was an exceptional day, and we were so lucky to be here in the right season. Especially lucky because embarrassingly enough I didn’t even know about the birds. I just liked the looks of the cliffs when I was looking for likely spots to overnight.
2 years agoThanks for reminding me, because I’d meant to look it up myself. First though, it is constructed of chalk, and is the oldest lighthouse still standing in the UK. It was restored in 1996.
To your question though. It was built by Sir John Clayton, on commission from Charles II. The plan was to erect three lighthouses around the point and earn money by charging tolls from ships rounding the point. It was to be illuminated by burning brushwood or coal on the roof. Sadly, Clayton went bankrupt before even this first one was completed.
That was the best part. The colors are dramatic together.
2 years agoThanks! I don’t think I’ve ever seen broad beans cultivated before.
2 years agoAgreed. Good internet photo match.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/education-learning/gardening-children-schools/family-activities/grow-it/grow/broad-beans
On knapweed!
https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/wildflowers/greater-knapweed
Knapweed
https://glenlivet-wildlife.co.uk/plants/knapweed/
Any idea why it was never lit, leaving the area dark for another century plus?
2 years agoWhat a great day! (There are some quite bad bird flu outbreaks in other coastal colonies at the moment - the Farne Island reserves, near me, are closed for that reason right now - but it sounds like things are ok down there, which is good news…)
2 years agoThose look like broad beans, to my (highly non-expert!) eye…
2 years agoGreat to hear you’re still in the world! Sorry to hear you got sick though. Hope you’re fully recovered and it didn’t spoil too much of your visit.
2 years ago
I've read somewhere that "Everyone has a plan that will not work."
2 years agoMy impression is that 17th-century thinking tended to be dominated by optimism and hope rather than acknowledgment of realities and practicality.