Colourful houses and cars, Weymouth, Dorset

My wife spotted the possibilties for this photograph when she saw the colourful cars lined up in front of the colourfully painted houses on the seafront at Weymouth. Some of the buildings are guest houses, others looked like holiday flats and some seemed to be privately owned residences. The juxtaposition of the colours on a sunny day that accentuated details and caused the paintwork to positively glow was too good to miss.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2

Seafront at Weymouth

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As the placename suggest, Weymouth in Dorset is a town at the mouth of the River Wey. In fact, the Wey discharges through the harbour into Weymouth Bay and consequently the town has two focal points - the harbour and the seafront on the bay. Today's photograph is a 16:9 shot, larger than usual so click on the image, of part of the town's seafront seen from the northern spit of land where the Wey enters the bay from the harbour. It was taken just after the tide had turned and was on its way out.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2

Seafront shelter, Cleveleys

I took this photograph in 2007 as extensive work was being undertaken on the sea-wall and defences at Cleveleys, Lancashire. As well as renewing and raising the wall that separated the beach from the both the promenade and road, a number of futuristic lights were being installed (see left). A further addition was circular shelters that also had a look of "tomorrow's world" about them, but were also redolent of the 1930s. More photographs of this striking design work can be seen here and here.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Olympus E-500     2007