#Pagham-on-Sea

[cmrosens]

BEHOLD MY BOOK BABY - author copies from Canelo came in!

Features asexual and aromantic monster man, genderfluid sapient house, and the doomed woman sucked down a rabbit hole of supernatural eldritch shenanigans.

You can preorder this here:

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread

Thirteenth

dark lovecraftian horror

sequel to The Crows

13th child of the 13th child in a fucked up eldritch family tries to run away from her destined Changes, but ends up stuck with her older brother and their weird cousin who are both trying to protect her and encouraging her changes

family trip to the horrific eldritch realm

[thegirlwiththelantern]

A favourite series! Highly, highly recommend!

[bikepackinguk]

Day One Hundred and Five

It's been 15 weeks on the road!

Whilst it doesn't manifest too often, I am a sufferer of hereditary Restless Leg Sybdrome, and last night it decided to be its wonderful self and do what it could to prevent much sleep from being had.

So, may as well get up and at 'em! It's an easy start today, extricating myself from a patch of trees by Hythe Bypass and rolling down around town to the pier at Hythe, where I don't have long to wait for my first ferry of the day.

The Hythe ferry is a catamaran style vessel, and it's a short cruise over the water to land at the docks by the city centre of Southampton.

Ruah Hour is in full swing right now, so it's some careful maneuvering to navigate around town and over the bridge across the River Itchen, before heading through the streets of Woolston to get back to the waterside.

There's a nice run along the water's edge here, before heading up through the grounds of Royal Victoria Country Park and into the nice little village of Hamble-le-Rice, which is still and quiet in the early morning.

Down to the docks and it's onto ferry #2 of the day, a tiny little pink boat that I share with a few ramblers to get across the River Hamble to reach Warsash.

Around the trails I go and it's up into some rough pathways along cornfields above the sea.

The paths meander around the fields before turning down to Hill Head, before a nice long run looking over the water through Lee-on-the-Solent.

As the road turns inland a little, the busy roads have a good few cycle paths along them, so I have a good charge down the main streets to speed my way through to the town of Gosport, where awaits my third and final ferry if today's river-hopping.

It's only a short journey across the harbour to land in the historic docks of Portsmouth, beside the famous HMS Warrior.

I'm on a bit of a schedule currently so I hit the road once more, rising through Old Portsmouth and missing a turn to take me through aome of the busier urban stretches of town, before zigging down to hit the edge of the Solent once more for a ride down past Eastney Beach.

I double back for a ride up through Eastney and along the easterly edge of Portsmouth and roll up to a hearty greeting with my lovely cousin Sarah!

The last time I was in Portsmouth was for her wedding to her lovely wife Charlotte and riding through has brought back many happy memories of the occasion, so it's all the more joyful to be able to interrupt her busy schedule as I'm treated to a beer and slap-up steak lunch. Thank you so much again and look forward to seeing you again soon cuz!

Farewells said and bellies full, I'm off along the road north as the cycle route hits some major road junctions around the north of Portsmouth, but the cycle paths track around alongside a good ways yet ao I'm spared the heavy traffic as I track around the A27 past Havant.

The route drops on to the A259 here, so it's time to put that hearty lunch to good use as I stretch the legs for a long run along the busy road awhile.

The cycle pathing here is spotty at best, and I end up just staying in the road to get some miles cranked out, and as the miles and small towns drop away it feels like practically no time at all before I hitnthe edges of Chichester.

With some twisting through town, I drop on to the towpath at the Chichester Canal to follow the cycle route down the water to Hunston, where I tack on to the B2166 as it curves around the expansive farmlands.

Along the road and jostling with plenty of tractors and school-run drivers, I keep in peddling away the miles and charge my way down through the growing suburbs and push on through to arrive at the beach at Pagham.

I have a brief pause to appreciate the view up the coast, but I've energy yet in the legs and light in the day, so am eager to keep at it.

Around through the roads of Pagham, it takes a good bit of routefinding to work my way around, but eventually ride around to hook up once morenwith NCN 2 as it restarts once more at the promenade of Bognor Regis.

My eagerness hasn't done me a great deal of favours here as I had been thinking of stopping a little short of Bognor, as it's a long urban stretch ahead with little opportunity for stealthy camping.

A bit of thinking and checking of the maps has me riding up and through the seaside town to head to the northern end of town where there look to be more possibilities to hole up for the night. I'll let you know how the scouting goes in the morrow!

TTFN!

[fmwwi-blog]

Always have a unique character like salt .It presence it never felt,but it absence makes all things tasteless. . . #h20 #sea #salt #seafood #rock #rocks #geology #geologyrocks #shadows #shadowhunters #light #darknessandlight #darkness #path #ocean #oceanview #atlanticocean #oceana #pagham #village #coastalliving #coastal #landscapephotography #naturelovers #nature #sealiving #coastalfarmhouse #sky_lovers #skyporn #skyscape (at Pagham) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_2U54Qg3Xc/?igshid=1vmaogjxpc2li

[posi-pan]

just out of curiosity, what are the canon omni and ply characters that you know? and are any of them labeled that in canon?

I have them listed on my omnisexual and polysexual timelines page, but I’ll share them here with sources! I note if they’re labeled in an interview, on social media, or in the piece of media.

(I’ll update this post as I find more omni/ply characters)

The omnisexual characters I know of:

Abby (Broken Things by Lauren Oliveri) — Line in book: “Abby is omnisexual.” (pg. 156)

Addison (Pursuit by Felice Picano) — Line in synopsis: “Handsome, intelligent, street-smart, ruthlessly ambitious, and omnisexual, young Addison Grimmins.”

Alex (The Scientist and the Supermodel by Tara Lain) — Line in book: “Alex is bisexual, or as she calls it, omnisexual.”

Ari (Dark Wine at Dusk by Jenna Barwin) — Line in book: “I consider myself ‘omnisexual.’” (pg. 41)

Benoit (Benoit by R.J. Scott and V.L. Locey) — Line in book: “I might not have been straight or even bi, I tended to think of myself as pan or omni, if picking categories was essential, which it’s not, but society gets hung up on labels.” (pg. 4)

Borg Queen (Star Trek) — Actress in interview: “I had to decide how to play that in Voyager because instead of two men this was two women.” This led Krige to a quick phone call with “the producers” of Voyager, in which it was decided the Borg Queen was “Omnisexual”. “After that, I thought great. I just went and had a great time because they're two wonderful actresses.” [x]

Deadpool (Marvel) — Writer on Twitter: “I’ll keep everyone up to date on his omnisexual exploits.” [x] — Writer on Twitter: “You’re arguing with the guy who introduced the omnisexual, pansexual, heterosexual, homosexual, etc. aspects of the character!” [x]

Decibel Jones (Space Opera by Catheryne M. Valente) — Line in book: “a leggy psychedelic ambidextrous omnisexual gendersplat glitterpunk financially punch-drunk ethnically ambitious glamrock messiah.” (pg. 10) — Line in book: “at which point he said he was omnisexual.” (pg. 74)

Elim Garak (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) — Actor in interview: “I had planned Garak not as homosexual or heterosexual but omnisexual.” [x]

Ethelred (How to Secude an Angel in 10 Days by Saranna DeWylde) — Line in book: “I prefer ‘omnisexual.’”

FL4K/The Beastmaster (Borderlands 3) — Writer in interview: “Identifies: As nonbinary, omnisexual and omniflirtatious.” [x]

Hannibal Lecter (Hannibal) — Creator in interview: “I think that Hannibal is omni-sexual.” [x]

Ian (Straight from the Hart by Tracie Banister) — Line in book: “Ian is omnisexual, meaning he’s attracted to all genders.” (pg. 43)

Jack Harkness (Doctor Who, Torchwood, The House that Jack Built by Guy Adams) — Line in book: “He prefers the term omnisexual.” (pg. 124) — Actor in interview: “It was only when Jack had his own spinoff show and he was saying that he was omnisexual, and that he would have sex with anything with a postcode that people started going ooh.” [x] — Actor in interview: “If you want to use the science fiction term, he’s omnisexual.” [x] — Actor in interview: “In the realm of the show, we call him omnisexual.” [x]

Lassa (The Black Box Inc series by Jake Bible) — Line in book 1: “More power to you, you omnisexual stud.” (pg. 23) — Line in book 2: “Omnisexual yeti.” (back cover, pg. 2)

Matt (Avenue 5) — Actor in interview: “I think he’s the kind of guy who is omnisexual.” [x]

Nadine (Watching January by Kamilla Murphy) — Line in book: “I think of myself as omnisexual.”

Philip (A Circumstances of Blood by Jeannette Batz Cooperman) — Line in book: “I’m not gay. I’m omnisexual.”

P.T. (Patriarch’s Hope by David Feintuch) — Line in book: “I’m omni, not gay.” (pg. 123)

Wes (Pagham-on-Sea series by C.M. Rosens) — Author on Twitter: “Wes is also pan/omnisexual (doesn't really use his words, except for his pickup lines) and demiromantic.” [x]

(Benoit, Decibel Jones, Deadpool, and Hannibal Lecter have also been labeled pansexual, and Jack Harkness has also been labeled bisexual and pansexual.)

The polysexual characters I know of:

Amber (Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler) — Author on Twitter: “HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE: polysexual MC, lesbian MC.” [x]

Brett (The Age of Scorpio by Gavin Smith) — Line in book: “Brett, healthy polysexual though he was.”

Elora (The Last Changeling by Chelsea Pitcher) — Line in book: “Human distinctions of sexuality don’t exist in Faerie, but if they did, I would probably identify as polysexual.”

Kaldur’ahm (Young Justice) — Writer/producer on Twitter: “From Kaldur’s POV, he is - at minimum - polysexual, which is not to say that he isn’t pansexual, but he’s never YET fallen for anyone that didn’t/doesn’t identify as male or female. He tries not to label.” [x] — Writer/producer on Twitter: “But @/BrandonVietti and @/kharypayton and I have long known that Kaldur’ahm is bi or poly, if not pan. To be clear, any indecisiveness about whether Kaldur is pansexual comes out of the fact that he’s still writing his own story.” [x] [x]

Red (Hearts and Heroes) — Creator on Tumblr: “Red - Trans Male - Polysexual - He/Him” [x]

(As indicated in the quotes, Kaldur’ahm has also been labeled bisexual and sort of pansexual.)

If anyone knows of more omni and ply characters, please let me know!

[charlottedanielleellis-blog]

Looking at what’s already out there about the Wildlife in West Sussex. 

‘Knepp – one of the largest rewilding projects in lowland Europe

Encounter herds of wild ponies, cattle, deer and pigs as they roam 3,500 acres of Sussex, driving the forces of habitat regeneration.’

Never even knew about Knepp, I’d heard of somewhere called Knepp castle and have possibly been but hadn’t heard about the whole rewilding project...

List of villages in West Sussex:

A a Adversane, Albourne, Aldingbourne, Aldsworth, Aldwick, Alfold, Almodington, Amberley, Angmering, Ansty, Apuldram, Arundel, Ashdown Forest, Ashington, Ashurst Wood, Atherington

B b

Balcombe, Balls Cross, Barlavington, Barnham, Barns Green, Batchmere, Bedham, Bepton, Bignor, Billingshurst, Binderton, Birdham, Blackstone, Bletchingley, Bognor Regis, Bolney, Borden, Bosham, Botolphs, Boxgrove, Bracklesham,  Bramber, Broadbridge, Broadbridge Heath, Burgess Hill, Burpham, Bury

C c

Capel, Chailey, Chanctonbury Ring, Charlton, Chichester, Chidham, Chilgrove, Chithurst, Christ's Hospital Church Norton, Clapham, Clayton, Clymping, Cocking, Codmore Hill, Coldwaltham, Colgate, Compton Coolham, Coombes, Cootham, Copsale, Copthorne, Coultershaw Bridge Cowfold, Crawley, Crawley Down, Crossbush

D d

Dial Post, Didling, Donnington, Dumpford, Duncton, Durrington

E e

Earnley, Eartham, Easebourne, East Ashling, East Grinstead, East Dean, Eastergate, East Harting, East Lavant, East Lavington, East Marden, East Preston, East Wittering, Eastergate, Edburton, Egdean, Elsted, Elsted Marsh

F f

Faygate, Felbridge, Felpham, Fernhurst, Ferring, Findon, Fishbourne, Fishersgate, Fisherstreet, Fittleworth, Five Oaks, Flansham, Fletching, Fontwell, Ford, Forest Row, Forestside, Fulking, Funtington, Fyning

G g Gatwick, Gay Street, Goddards Green, Goffs Park, Goose Green, Goring by Sea, Graffham, Grayshott, Grayswood, Greatham

H h

Habin, Halnaker, Ham, Hambrook, Hammerpot, Handcross, Hardham, Harting, Harting Down, Hassocks, Haywards Heath, Heath End, Henfield, Henley, Hermitage, Heyshott, High Salvington, Highbrook, Highleigh, Hole Street, Hooksway, Houghton, Hoyle, Hunston

I i

Ides Common, Ifield, Ifieldwood Ifold, Ingrams Green, Iping, Itchenor, Itchingfield

K k

Keymer, Kingley Vale, Kingsfold, Kingsham, Kingsley Green, Kirdford

L l

LagnessLambs GreenLancing LangleyLangley GreenLannards LavantLavingtonLickfold LinchLinchmereLindfield LissLittlehamptonLodsworth Lower BeedingLower DickerLowfield Heath LoxwoodLurgashallLyminster

M m

Madehurst, Maidenbower, Mannings Heath, Maplehurst, Marehill, Medmerry Mill, Merston, Mid Lavant, Mid Sussex, Middleton-on-Sea, Midhurst, Mile Oak, Milland, Minsted, Monastery, Monk's Gate, Monkton

N n Newpound Common, Newtimber, North Bersted, North Heath, North Horsham, North Lancing, North Marden, North Mundham, North Stoke, Northchapel, Northend, Norton, Nutbourne, Nuthurst, Nyetimber, Nyewood, Nyton

O o

Oakwood, Oreham Common, Oving, Oyster Pond P p Pagham, Pagham Harbour, Parham, Partridge Green, Patcham, Patching, Paxhill Park, Pease Pottage, Pendean, Petworth, Piltdown, Plaistow, Plummers Plain, Plumpton, Poling, Poling Corner, Portslade-by-Sea, Pound Hill, Poynings, Prinsted, Pulborough, Pyecombe

R r Rackham, Racton, Rake, Redford, River, Roffey, Rogate, Roundstreet Common, Rowhook, Rudgwick, Runcton, Rusper, Rustington S s Saint Hill, Salvington, Sandrocks, Sayers Common, Scaynes Hill, Selham, Selhurst Woods, Selsey, Selsfield Common, Sharpthorne, Shipley, Shipton Green, Shoreham, Sidlesham, Singleton, Slaugham, Slindon, Slinfold, Small Dole, South Harting, Sompting, South Mundham, South Stoke, Southbourne, Southern Cross, Southwater, Southwick, Stedham, Steyning, Stopham, Storrington, Stoughton, Strettington, Strood Green, Sullington, Sutton T t Tangmere, Terwick Common, Thakeham, Thorney Island, Tilgate Park, Tillington, Tinsley Green, Toddington, Tortington, Treyford, Trotton, Tullecombe Turners Hill, Twineham

U u Uckfield, Up Marden, Uppark, Upper Beeding, Upper Dicker, Upper Easebourne, Upperton, Upwaltham W w Walberton, Walderton, Warminghurst, Warningcamp, Warninglid, Washington, Watersfield, Weir Wood Reservoir, Wepham, West Ashling, West Burton, West Chiltington, West Dean, West Grinstead, West Harting, West Hoathly, West Itchenor, West Lavant, West Lavington, West Marden, West Preston, West Stoke, West Tarring, West Wittering, Westbourne, Westergate, Westerton, Westhampnett, Whitemans Green, Wiggonholt, Wineham, Wisborough Green, Wiston, Wivelsfield Green, Woodend, Woodgate, Woodmancote, Woolbeding, Worth, Worthing

Y y Yapton I’ve highlighted the places that mean something to me, for example it’s a village I go to often or it’s where family and friends are from. I’ve highlighted and italicised Southwater as that is where I live. As you can see there are a lot of villages in West Sussex and there is only a small portion that stand out to me/mean anything. This doesn’t mean I haven’t heard of some of them but they’re either far away or I just have had no need to go to them. 

[paulapuddephatt]

Busy Selsey High Street by Adrian Pink Via Flickr: Selsey is a seaside town and civil parish, about eight miles (12 km) south of Chichester in West Sussex, England. Selsey lies at the southernmost point of the Manhood Peninsula, almost cut off from mainland Sussex by the sea. It is bounded to the west by Bracklesham Bay, to the north by Broad Rife (rife being the local word for stream or creek), to the east by Pagham Harbour and terminates in the south at Selsey Bill. There are significant rock formations beneath the sea off both of its coasts, named the Owers rocks and Mixon rocks. Coastal erosion has been an ever-present problem for Selsey. The B2145 seen here is the only road in and out of the town crossing a bridge over the water inlet at Pagham Harbour at a point known as "the ferry". At one time Selsey was inaccessible at flood tide, and a boat was stationed at the ferry to take horses and passengers to and from Sidlesham. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selsey

[cmrosens]

Publisher Cover Reveal!

Canelo Books did their cover reveal today for the reissue of The Crows on their social media and it would be great if people could like, share and comment to help boost it on the algorithm! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Canelo (@canelo_co) You can find the preorder link here: https://www.canelo.co/books/the-crows-c-m-rosens/ Please link and share it to help boost the pre-order…

[jezsimmsblog]

Loved these Turnstones with the colour of the sea wall. Pagham Nature Reserve. UK. August 14th 2018.

[thegirlwiththelantern]

WWW Wednesday | 28 June

WWW Wednesday is hosted by Sam of Taking on a World of Words. To take part you answer three questions, which are: What are you currently reading?What did you recently finish reading?What do you think you’ll read next? 📖 What did you recently finish reading? Thirteenth (Pagham-on-Sea #2) by C.M. Rosens Katy Porter is the thirteenth child of a thirteenth child in an inbred family of eldritch…

[oceanturtlediving]

Wrecks of the UK

MULBERRY DOCKS:

Location- Selsey

Depth: Maximum 10m

Size: Length=60m   Width=17m

Sank: 1944

What is it ?

The Brits realised that they needed some more docks in France for them to off load cargo. They created the Mulberry docks as a portable dock to use until the allies were able to capture a French port.

Pre-fabricated in the UK, the concrete blocks were transported across to Normandy and then sunk.

On June 6th 1944 over 400 towed component parts (weighing 1.5 million tones) set sail.

Both Harbours were a success and fully functional by the time a huge storm hit causing extreme damage to the docks.

Remains in the UK:

The Phoenix Caissons were reinforced concrete caissons. They were collected and sunk prior to D-day. There were 6 different sizes ranging from 2000 tons to 6000 tons. Each was towed by two tugs at a rate of 3 knots. The caissons were initially sunk awaiting D-day and then refloated. People say that the name Phoenix was used because they were resurrected.

Sections of the Phoenix can be found at:

Thorp Bay – Southsea. Whilst it was being towed the Caisson began to leak and was intentionally beached. (Only assessable at low tide)

Pagham (known as the Far Mulberry) sank off the coast, settled and cracked and is now laying about 10m deep.

VALENTINE TANKS:

Location: Swanage

Depth: Maximum 15m

Size: Length= 5m

Sank: 4th April 1943

What are they?

Effectively they were floating (or sinking) tanks.  The tanks had a canvas screen around the outside and used this displacement to float. The engines were then connected to the propellers.

Why was it called Valentine?

Theory’s of the name:

Originally people thought that the idea of the floating tanks was presented to the War office on St Valentine’s Day.

Then people started to wondering if Valentine was the middle name of the tank designer John V. Carden.

Other people think that Valentine is an acronym for Vikers-Armstrong-LTD-Elswick-Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Lastly it could have simply just been a code word. What do you think?

The Wreck:

7 lay at the bottom of the bay. However only 6 were ever mentioned in diaries that documented the exercise.

Next year there will be an exercise to map and locate all of the missing pieces of the tanks.

On the wreck there is a permanent shot line and a rope that leads you down the side and another line that leads you to the next one.

It is full of wildlife making it a colourful and exciting wreck to explore.

AEOLIAN SKY:

Location:Swanage

Depth: Maximum 32m

Size:Length=148.7m

Sank: 4th November 1979

What is it?

The Aeolian Sky was a Greek-run freighter built in 1978. It has engines at the rear and four massive holds separated by equally massive masts and cargo derricks.

Why it sank:

This massive freight was fully loaded and on its way to Africa when bad weather struck. She collided with a German ship but came off worse. She was then towed to English water with a hole in her bow but was refused by Southampton and Portsmouth ports for fear of pollution. Eventually she was defeated and sank meaning the the millions of pounds of cargo was lost to sea.

The Wreck:

She sank laying on her port side, and has stayed in tact (bar the hole in her bow).

For first visitors it is recommended that you start your dive at the bow then heading over the superstructure to the stern to get the best picture. She still holds lots of interesting cargo for divers to look at from trucks to locomotives. Behind the superstructure is a surprisingly large area of stern deck, dominated by a large winch with cable wound on it.

For those wreck qualified a trip into the engine room can be beautiful yet eery.

KYARRA:

Location: Swanage

Depth: Maximum 29m  

Size: Length=126m

Sank: 26th May 1918

What is it?

A luxury passenger voyager on its way to Australia via Plymouth to collect wounded soldiers to be repatriated..

Why it Sank:

The Kyarra was fully loaded with a mixed cargo of goods. As she was passing the Isle of Wight disaster struck as she was spotted by German submarine UB-57. Taking a direct hit to midship on the port side she quickly sank with 6 men loosing their lives.

The Wreck:

Originally people used to only dive her for the treasure that could be found. However, since she has been dived so much you are less likely to find this treasure now. The Kyarra has two buoys tied to it which surface on slack water only. For new visitors it is suggested staring at either the stern of the bow and working your way along. This is simply due to the size of it. If you keep to the port side of her you will be able to see the triple-expansion engines and the boiler. There are actually four boilers on this ship but only one is visible from the outside.

M2 SUBMARINE:

Location: Portland

Depth: Maximum 35m

Size: Length=93m

Sank: 26 January 1932

What is it?

In 1928 this submarine was converted to carry a seaplane which could be launched shortly after surfacing using a hydraulic catapult. Afterwards the plane would be hoisted back on board using a crane.

Why it Sank:

Unfortunately the launching of the plane went very badly and all 60 crew members died. After sending divers down to examine the cause of the sinking it came to light that the hanger door was still open with the plane inside.

The Wreck:

For new visitors you can dive starting from the Stern at 34m. There is a dual strut just forward of the rudder which would have held the propellers in place. Further on from the stern are two large hydroplanes on either side.

Moving on you come to the conning tower where the Peri scope and the masts are still standing proud. (20m)

You can drop down from there to see the hidden hanger and explore where the plane once sat. Finally if you look back you can see the catapult.

Other things to look out for are the four torpedo holes and an anchor.

COUNTESS OF ERNE:

Location: Portland

Depth: Maximum 15m

Size: Length= 73m

Sank: 16th September 1935

 What is it?

 It was first used as a paddle steamer passenger vessel. It was then demoted to a coal hulk in Portland Harbour. She sank because she broke loose from the Harbour mooring.

The Wreck:

This is a really nice dive due to how shallow it is and the marine life that has called it their home. The steamer lies upright almost parallel to the harbour wall with the shallowest part of the deck at 8m. She is reasonable in tact therefore easy to navigate.

On the deck of the ship stands a capstan and a mast with bollards located on the port and starboard sides. The ship provides several nice swim throughs for all those that are wreck qualified and on a sunny day, when the visibility is good you can see the length of the ship.

The best time to dive this ship is in late spring sue to the amount of marine life that comes to play. From nudibranchs to candy striped flat worms. The colour can shine through the water.

JAMES FENNEL:

Location: Portland

Depth: Maximum 19m

Size: Length = 38m

Sank: 16th January 1920

 What is it ?

She is a distinctive looking steamship with a big boiler and engine. She sank as a result of grounding.

The Wreck:

The James Fennel is still in very good condition with a lovely swim through between the engine and the boiler, the con-rods are still standing erect and are very visible.

The bow is clearly visible and has opened up revealing fallen wreckage inside.

One of its main attractions is because the 4 bladed propeller is still in great condition with only one of the blades buried in the sand.

The ship since it fell has created a home for many different types of wildlife like crabs and pollack.

ST DUNSTAN

Location: West Bay

Depth: Maximum 29

Size: length= 61m

Sank: 23rd September 1917

What is it?

It was built for use for a dredger with large buckets that operated on a conveyor belt.

The associated machinery required a lot of room, hence the boilers and the engines were placed at the front. During the First World War the dredger was requestioned to operate as a minesweeper. She was sailing just past Portland Bill when she hit a mine laid by UC-21, turned upside down and quickly sank.

The Wreck:

Today the St Dunstan is a terrific dive and has to be ranked as on of the top dive sites for fish life. Bib, Cod and pollack are in great numbers with the guaranteed opportunity to fin through a shoal of fish.

Much evidence can be found of the mechanics of the actual tual bucket dredger.

The upturned hull on the port side is less broken and a little dull but on the starboard side many areas can be entered from underneath. Just behind the bow is a lovely swim through along the width of the ship between the two anemone coated boilers and the bow.

You can enter the engine room where you can still see the engines and huge cogs hanging from the ceiling.

POMERANIAN:

Location: West Bay

Depth: Maximum 36m

Size: Length= 116m

Sank: 15th April 1918

What was it?

It was a large imposing steamship with mixed cargo. The ship became famous amongst divers for it is believed to have been carrying 14 diving helmets. Although only one has ever been recovered.

Many lives were lost on this ship. The steamer was on its way back home to Newfoundland in Canada when the submarine UB-77 spotted her and a torpedo was fired with a direct hit. The ship went down fast and only one of the 56 crew survived.

The Wreck:

The highest point is midships where the shot usually lands. This is your starting point and the undisputed highlight. The cabins are are a wreck divers dream as you negotiate the spacious rooms and several gangways whilst staring up at the metal framing clad in dead men’s fingers. Heading to the stern you will pass the two partly buried boilers followed by the triple-expansion entrance. Then you can see two winches side by side.

At the stern you will see a somewhat broken rudder still attached to he ship and along side a single propeller blade that is sticking out of the sand.   

SCYLLA:

Location: Plymouth

Depth: Maximum 25

Size: Length 113m

Sank: 27th March 2004

What is it?

HMS Scylla was a Leander-class freight of the Royal Navy. She was built on Devonport dockyard and after an active role was decommissioned in 1970 to be finally bought by the national marine aquarium. She wasn’t purchased for sailing but instead her life was to end underwater as an artificial reef. A large task was undertaken to make her safer to scuttle. Access doorways were cut for divers and all possible marine contamination removed.

The Wreck:

The Wreck has changed dramatically over the years in to a glorious shipwreck bursting with life. The freight is too large to cover in just one dive so the most dived route is alone shallow depths. The stern and lower decks are definitely worth the adventure but watch the silt as the whole wreck has a thick layer of silt covering it.

Here you can fin inside along the narrow corridors viewing filing racking and all manner of items. At 9m the bridge is also worth a visit. This is where the steering binnacle still stands surrounded by windows.

Finally you end up at the helicopter hanger.

JAMES EAGAN LAYNE:

Location: Plymouth

Depth: Maximum bow = 8-20m

                           stern= 23m

Size: length= 130m

Sank: 21st March 1945

What was it?

This US Liberty ship was in convoy on voyage from Wales to Belgium carrying US Army engineering stores. She was the lead ship and after passing the West Rutts was struck by a torpedo from the U-399 sub. Although holed on the starboard side between the rear holds, she didn’t sink immediately allowing time for all the Crew to be rescued. A last ditch attempt was made to beach her in shallow water but she didn’t make it.

The Wreck:

The wreck which is held in high esteem and savoured amongst divers. Dropping down the side will take you to the anchor hawse pipes with a hive of fishy activity often. You can fin inside the whole length of the wreck where archetypal columns soar up in great elegance. Beams cross the sealing spaced out almost perfectly to grant divers an easy exit. The holds are still filled with cargo from vehicle batteries to cogs and wheels.

MOHEGAN:

Location: Falmouth

Depth: Maximum 25m

Size: Length = 144m

Sank: 14th October 1898

What is it?

It was a luxurious steamship on voyage to New York. She sailed at full steam past the Eddystone lighthouse where a course was plotted but mistakenly the bearing was set wrong. Just as all the passengers were sitting down to dinner, the ship plowed into Vase Rock where the rudder was completely torn off and the hull badly damaged. The ship drifted over to Maen Voes where she sank in just 12 minuets. All the crew went down with the ship but 44 passengers were saved. In total 106 people lost their lives that day.

The Wreck:

The boilers tower up to dominate the scene and these alone will take a while circumnavigate. The gaps between the boilers are filled with wrasse and pollack as it is a safe haven from the divers bubbles. The rest of the ship has completely collapsed to leave predominantly a jumble of metal beams, mostly decorated by displayed of sea fans. Tall rocks lie around the wreckage where you can take a few interesting diversions to explore under the overhangs and inside the cervices.

[jasoncordingley]

We'd just got out of the (very cold) sea - but at least she had a wetsuit, I did it in shorts! :D (at Pagham)

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[cmrosens]

Pencil toned sketch of Ricky Porter from THE CROWS, with taxidermy marionette in the trees behind him. Quote: “The thing is, if I lied to you, said it was all herblore and starlight and all that airy-fairy crap, you’d find out eventually. I could spend my time tip-toeing around cleaning up the corpses and pretending to be vegan, but to tell the truth, love, I really can’t be arsed.”

Ricky is on the aromantic and asexual spectrums, which is very obvious on page. He's also as amoral as they come, and this is very much the story of an anti-villain in pursuit of his dream house - and figuring out how to make friends without actually having to, you know, sew them up yourself.

He also sees the future, and is an ascetic devoted to soothsaying the old-fashioned (what he thinks is the Romano-British/Saxon) way. That's all he really cares about - that, and the sentient manor house he's loved since he was five... a house his family are banned from entering thanks to a 60 year old curse.

Ricky has learned that in 33 days, the house's new owner will die (details tbc, entrails don't tell you everything) and when she does, he'll get everything he's ever wanted. All he has to do is stop her from dying before her appointed time, which proves trickier than he anticipated... But it's not like he's going to start caring about her, is it?

That would be pretty inconvenient, considering you can't fight fate...

Art by Thomas S. Brown - @/tomsbrown@bsky.social on Bluesky, @thomassbrownarts on instagram. You can support Tom on Patreon and get access to amazing stuff here:

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Christmas Box Set Sale!

THIS IS THE LAST FESTIVE SALE! Canelo Horror have bought the rights to The Crows and Thirteenth, so they won’t be in my box set after May 2024. This means that 2023 is the last complete eBook box set sale on my Ko-Fi… but that some signed author copies and so on might be up for grabs later next year! Meanwhile, this is your last chance to get this box set at a hefty discount – 50% off – AND have…