Old winch on the shingle

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Old winch on the shingle by Stephen Craven as part of the Geograph project.

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Old winch on the shingle

Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 24 Jul 2010

This had presumably been a winch for hauling boats up the beach, but had rusted to the point of being unsuable as a winch. It was only being used to tie the small boat to.

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.372102
Longitude
1.105878