On an evening walk along the promenade at Weymouth, Dorset, we came upon these pedaloes at rest. They were securely fastened together, and after I'd photographed them I scanned the lines to see what names had been chosen to identify each boat. There were lots drawn from the phonetic alphabet (ALPHA, BRAVO, CHARLIE, DELTA etc). Then there were those named after local places (LULWORTH COVE, WEYMOUTH BAY, NOTHE FORT, FERRY BRIDGE etc). A smattering were named after people (WINSTON CHURCHILL, ROMEO, ELLIE, MURPHY etc) and the rest belonged to no particular group ( BLUEBELL, 60 DOWN!!) Unusual, but not as boring as a single or double digit number for each one.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Nikon Z 5
