Sunday 27th November

Today, as the winds were more westerly than they had been, Chris and I decided to head to Peel. We were hopeful of some crashing waves, possibly with birds flying across the sea which could make for some nice pictures with splashy bits.

As we started driving along the seafront, we saw some surfers in the bay. I decided to get out of the car here to see if I could get some action shots of the surfers whilst Chris headed over towards the castle to see if he could find the Purple Sandpiper's.

Initially, there were three surfers in the water. Two soon came out and sat for a while on the beach before heading back to their car

The other guy stayed in the water and, after some time began to catch some waves

I carried on along the seafront towards Fenella Beach car park where Chris was parked. We spent some time getting wet with sea spray whilst trying to catch the gulls above the waves

I decided to walk around the castle to see if there were any interesting views



From up by the castle, I could see that Chris had abandoned the safety of the car to try for some shots

As I carried on around the castle, I noticed a Jackdaw walking along the bank, ignoring me completely.

I carried on around the castle. Not too many birds around here but rather damp with the sea spray. Walking back towards the car park, the waves were continuing to crash against the sea wall
 though in the bay it looked fairly calm.

One last picture of the castle before I braved the walk back to the car park, risking getting wet as the waves came over onto the road.

I made it back to the car without getting wet. Now just needed to clean all the camera gear and edit pictures