Christmas Day 2011

The residents of Spurn Point were lucky enough to have a visit from Father Christmas himself on Christmas morning. Each of the children were presented with a gift, which they were very excited about. A bit later in the morning we all gathered in the square to see The Sea King fly overhead, with santa waving at us all! Spurn Point was full of life and it was fantastic to see all of the children playing outside with their new toys :) This has definately been a Christmas to remember.

It was very exciting seeing the Search and Rescue helicopter flying so close above our houses! The kids were so excited (and so were the adults)

Its a bit dark, but look closely and you'll see Father Christmas!

The skies cleared towards the end of the day, and we were left with this stunning view from the bedroom window.

Just a few more lights!

This morning we were up, whilst it was still dark, to get a lift with the kids on the school run so we could go shopping. Whilst I was rubbing my eyes and silently cursing Heidi and her mum for wanting to leave so early, I was pleasantly surprised to see the large moon shining over the Humber Estuary and the Lifeboat.

I was told that I was letting the corner down with the lack of Christmas lights outside, so I succumbed to the peer pressure and got a few more. I may have to get more in the January sales and we'll compete harder next year! Pete might kill me if I spend any more on lights this year.

Road Washed Away 27/11/11

The tide tables warned us we could have a high spring tide of 8.4m last night, however Spurn was faced with an incredible tide of almost 10m! One lady attempted to drive through the flooded road, only to become stuck. With the waves hitting the vehicle and the lady unable to get out the lifeboat men were called to help. The road was buried under around a metre of water, but the lady was safely removed from the vehicle, and a few hours later the men returned to a scene of devastation. The car and road have taken quite a beating from mother nature, which I captured this morning.

View from Spurn Lighthouse

Last week we had the chance to go up the lighthouse, which is normally closed. The men were allowed to come, but had to take their bikes incase the pager went off! It was only when we were right at the top that we wondered how long it would take to get back down all of those steps....luckily we didn't have to test that one!
There were some really beautiful sights from the top - taken on Pete's phone!