Blackpool Biscuit Invasion! (Pictures!)

Hampo · **on:** February 02, 2008, 05:34:10 pm

Hello all.

Had to take a visit to my nanas in Blackpool today and thought i'd take my camera along to get some pictures of the ship that got blown onto the beach in the storm. When I arrived i got a bit of a shock! Heres the pictures!

Mc Vities Chocolate Digestives all over the beach!

Soggy biscuits

Oh dear!

Shows the sheer number of biscuits washed up!

People walking along the prom looking down

The vessel

One of the Blackpool Residents!

More residents!

'RiverDance' in a rare bit of sunshine!

Onlookers on the beach

All alone...

Different angle in a bit of sunshine

Close up of the stern. Those trucks don't look too safe!

Just as we were in the car heading back home I heard the un-mistakeable noise of a Sea King! I grabbed my camera, ran over the tram tracks and up to the sea front to grab a pic. The Sea King (Based in RAF Valley, i think) was lowering some dutch salvage experts onto the vessel to unload all the fuel.

Sorry for the quality of the pictures! It was extremly windy and very dark!

Comments welcome!

Sam

StephenM · **Reply #1 on:** February 02, 2008, 05:47:26 pm

Did they refloat the RNLI craft that ran aground? There were two very serious incidents in the last two days off the Irish coat that were involved with.

Hampo · **Reply #2 on:** February 02, 2008, 06:16:02 pm

Didn't see any other boats so they must have, or it got out at high tide.

There was just a big amount of coastguard vehicles / helicopters / police around trying to keep people off the beach near the vessel.

Certainly something you don't see everyday, and i doubt i'll see again!

Sam

SATA · **Reply #3 on:** February 02, 2008, 06:31:22 pm

I love digestives!!!!

Bobandirus · **Reply #4 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:28:54 pm

Holy heck! Fun to walk over :twisted:

Thinking about it, with the Ice prince, and now this, this is 2 ships in near enough a month, thats a LOT, I wonder if something strange is happening...

Blue Sky Mine · **Reply #5 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:36:19 pm

Hey, the captain must be in my alliance

iranair777 · **Reply #6 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:37:33 pm

darn, I love those biscuits! quite expensive in the shops, any reason for me to get it cheap will make me happy

Hampo · **Reply #7 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:39:45 pm

You can have some of my salty sea water ones

Blue Sky Mine · **Reply #8 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:41:12 pm

Diesel-salt-water cookies

iranair777 · **Reply #9 on:** February 02, 2008, 08:41:27 pm

Quote from: "Hampo"

You can have some of my salty sea water ones

I change my mind

zkvac · **Reply #10 on:** February 02, 2008, 10:53:52 pm

FREE COOKIES!! There must've been some unopened packets?

Vamerica · **Reply #11 on:** February 02, 2008, 10:57:06 pm

yes but they would hav been wet.

Hampo · **Reply #12 on:** February 02, 2008, 11:07:31 pm

There was. But most of them had opened in the strong waves

Blue Sky Mine · **Reply #13 on:** February 02, 2008, 11:10:35 pm

Quote from: "zkvac"

FREE COOKIES!! There must've been some unopened packets?

I would't eat them anyway. The packages aren't made to keep off the saltwater and the oil that would have very likely leaked from the ship.

zkvac · **Reply #14 on:** February 02, 2008, 11:24:44 pm

But I am saying there must been some that WEREN'T opened. Therefore they wouldn't be wet/salty because the water could not get to them. They'd be fine.