In Camera...Storm Eleanor's rough seas

The coastline at Crosby at high tide, the morning after the worst of Storm Eleanor had passed over. The seas were still high enough to swamp the promenade. The head of an iron man is just visible in the sea on the right of the image.

Just three days into January and Storm Eleanor passed over the UK, Scotland and Northern Ireland suffered the brunt of the storm but there were still 60mph winds along the Sefton coast. These images were taken at high tide around 11.45 the morning after the worst of the storm had passed over. The iron men were covered by the rough high seas and the promenade battered by the wind driven waves.

An apt warning for the stormy conditions

The head of an iron man becomes visible in a trough between the waves.

The fast moving clouds were torn apart at times so that bursts of sunlight swept across the seas...

...rainbows came and went in the bursts of light that caught the showers.

Spray from the sea filled the air

Showers sparkled in the flashes of sunlight.

In Camera...Rough Seas at Crosby Beach

Outward bound into the storm

 Wednesday 10th December was the day when the so called "stormbomb" created strong winds over the United Kingdom. Here at Crosby we had gusts up to 56mph and, combined with the high tide just after 13.00, there were some rough seas down at Crosby beach. I am always amazed at how the iron men sculptures withstand the pounding they get at times like this when the waves smack into them.

The clouds were racing by, full of blustery showers, but I was fortunate when taking these photographs that gaps appeared to allow wonderful rays of crepuscular light to beam down on the scene, creating interest in the sky and sparkling highlights on the rough seas.