Blue skys and seas

I spent my final day on Spurn filling the second gabion with Kilnsea stones and then wiring both gabions shut.

I left Spurn at 2pm but not before stopping to chat with Andrew who was collecting money from a fisherman at the high point on the road. We stood there chatting in what was unseasonably fine weather. Either side of us the road slipped down 20-30ft into the blue perfectly still clear blue waters of the Humber on one side and the calm sea on the other. The sky was reflected in the water and created the feeling that there was nothing but water on both sides as no land could be seen in any direction or horizon except up and down the narrow spit. The atmosphere was almost hypnotic. We both chatted and stood there, in the cool hazy sunshine as if in the centre of a mirage. It is moments like that which make Spurn so special. You often find yourself cut off from everything, including the weather. I will try to get back to the reserve over the next couple of weeks but I fear it may only be possible to go once in February. We shall see.

Andrew said that the high tides come at the beginning and end of February. Fingers crossed for all concerned that the road remains intact.