Flying Foam shipwreck, West Shore, Llandudno. by timforrester1
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The Flying Foam, of Bridgwater, Somerset, was the last schooner to be wrecked in Conwy Bay. Built in St Malo, Jersey, in 1879, it weighed 200 tons and was powered by wind only (it was never fitted with auxiliary power). In January 1936 it anchored between Puffin Island and Penmaenmawr for repairs to a sail but was caught by a worsening westerly wind. The anchors dragged and the master, Captain Jackson, sent up distress signals. The Beaumaris lifeboat was launched and removed the crew of seven with the master and his wife.
After all the recent snow melt, the River Tees was whipping up a grand amount of foam as it cascaded over the Barrage!
Just off the main road that heads towards Woodside and Pluto power stations is a place that holds sad memories from a not so distant past. Even with it's horribly sad past, this place is magical and spiritual.
A beautiful part of the Pilbara. Just off the Burrup road that heads towards Woodside and Pluto Power Station. A place where a recent history saw a massacre of Indigenous Australians by European Police. Beautiful and haunting all at the same time.
