New Brighton Salt Plains - The Poetry of Photography #4

Across Mersey bay
lies New Brighton where kids play
in vast sand salt plains.

New Brighton

New Brighton is one of those places where there isn’t a huge amount there apart from the Fort Perch Rock built in 1820s to defend the Port of Liverpool and the beach. However, that beach stretches it stretches along the western tip of the Wirral peninsula for the best part of 15 miles, and makes for an excellent bike ride or long walk.

It also has a very high tidal range, with a low gradient stretching out into the Irish sea, a consequence of millions of years of silt deposits from the Mersey estuary.

Sand Salt Plains

When the tide is out it means that the vistas are vest and flat, almost to the extent that you can lose yourself in them. These vast sand salt plains lend themselves to a meditative state of mind as the murmur of a gentle breeze mingles with the chatter of children busy climbing the flood walls hunting Limpets, Periwinkles and Mussels.

These are my memories of that bike ride last summer, with two of the highlights being Leasowe Lighthouse and stopping at the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat station to throw £5 in their charity box as they save many scuba divers like myself from drowning at sea every year.

As the pictures show the tide was relatively high as I started my bike ride, with it being fully out by the end when I reached West Kirby. This changing of the tides and the dramatic intensity of the change of landscape reminded me of the impermanency of all things, exemplified as always through sublime nature at work.

What is Haiku?

Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry that dates back to the 17th century. It consists of three lines with a total of 17 syllables, typically arranged in a 5-7-5 pattern. The brevity and simplicity of haiku make it a perfect medium for capturing fleeting moments and expressing profound emotions.

Thanks for reading 🙂🌿

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