Comments on: History of the Goodwin Sands http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history British coastal history and photography Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:27:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JOHN BYRNE http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-1741 JOHN BYRNE Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:27:06 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-1741 GOODWIN GAUNTLET..... Old merchant ship the nervous guest English channel, unruly host Thirty feet from trough to crest Around force twelve her engines roast. Encased within a salty crust Unseaworthy antiquity Six thousand tons of finest rust Convenience flagged iniquity. to be continued.... GOODWIN GAUNTLET…..
Old merchant ship the nervous guest
English channel, unruly host
Thirty feet from trough to crest
Around force twelve her engines roast.

Encased within a salty crust
Unseaworthy antiquity
Six thousand tons of finest rust
Convenience flagged iniquity.

to be continued….

]]> By: admin http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-1736 admin Tue, 02 Mar 2010 22:01:24 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-1736 Hi John Byrne, Looking forward to the next instalment! Hi John Byrne,
Looking forward to the next instalment!

]]> By: JOHN BYRNE http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-1726 JOHN BYRNE Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:25:06 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-1726 DEMON SANDS...... Keeper of a thousand ships Gathered in from tempest storm Swallowed whole, an English fleet Their quicksand ritual to perform Chainless anchor, cast adrift Ensnared by sinister Goodwin shift. DEMON SANDS……

Keeper of a thousand ships
Gathered in from tempest storm
Swallowed whole, an English fleet
Their quicksand ritual to perform
Chainless anchor, cast adrift
Ensnared by sinister Goodwin shift.

]]> By: admin http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-1724 admin Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:45:32 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-1724 Thanks very much, I see Birkhill Castle is near the coast, I'll add it to the Fife attractions page in the near future. Thanks very much, I see Birkhill Castle is near the coast, I’ll add it to the Fife attractions page in the near future.

]]> By: Jordon Dontas http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-1723 Jordon Dontas Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-1723 Best of luck with the blog, I enjoyed finding your post today. Best of luck with the blog, I enjoyed finding your post today.

]]> By: JOHN BYRNE http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-1600 JOHN BYRNE Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:16:40 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-1600 DEMON SANDS....... Patiently two monsters lurk Beneath a watery camouflage Graveyard Goodwins north and south To wreak menace and sabotage By merchant men in bitter rage Long cursed throughout the shipping age..... DEMON SANDS…….

Patiently two monsters lurk
Beneath a watery camouflage
Graveyard Goodwins north and south
To wreak menace and sabotage
By merchant men in bitter rage
Long cursed throughout the shipping age…..

]]> By: Howard Nutt http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-1486 Howard Nutt Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:28:47 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-1486 Trying to find information on the incident between the Walmer lifeboat and the sailing ship Carnmoney Oct 1899. Trying to find information on the incident between the Walmer lifeboat and the sailing ship Carnmoney Oct 1899.

]]> By: admin http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-1417 admin Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:38:47 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-1417 There are some good videos on youtube showing hovercraft charter <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTrFYLbbknE" rel="nofollow">trips to the goodwin sands</a>. Since the hovercraft stopped service in August 2000 it has been more difficult to get to the sands of course. There are some good videos on youtube showing hovercraft charter trips to the goodwin sands. Since the hovercraft stopped service in August 2000 it has been more difficult to get to the sands of course.

]]> By: JOHN BYRNE http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-1400 JOHN BYRNE Sat, 26 Sep 2009 20:27:46 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-1400 DEMON SANDS..... Survivors few, their tale to tell Once the jaws of treachery strike From waters angry, waters calm The mighty Goodwins rise ghostlike Damned Clippers moonlit silhouette Submits to maritime etiquette....... DEMON SANDS…..

Survivors few, their tale to tell
Once the jaws of treachery strike
From waters angry, waters calm
The mighty Goodwins rise ghostlike
Damned Clippers moonlit silhouette
Submits to maritime etiquette…….

]]> By: John Feehan http://uk-shore.com/blog/2008/05/goodwin-sands-history/comment-page-1#comment-1332 John Feehan Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:12:51 +0000 http://www.english-coast.net/blog/?p=9#comment-1332 I found this absolutely fascinating as Deal is amost my second home with lots of relatives living there over the years. I rememeber in the late fifties an sixties being able to see lots of ship mast,s on the horizon Spielberg could make a good film about the Sands I bet. I love this part of the coast so historic thanks again John Feehan I found this absolutely fascinating as Deal is amost my second home with lots of relatives living there over the years. I rememeber in the late fifties an sixties being able to see lots of ship mast,s on the horizon Spielberg could make a good film about the Sands I bet. I love this part of the coast so historic thanks again John Feehan

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