Kieran Turner's photos with the keyword: docks

Trying to catch my boat with a bit of polyprop rope. Seriously, they tie off with a thing about 5mm in diameter. There must be some kind of magnetic lock in the high-tech swing dampers the boat rests against. Right?

And a convenient sea captain! ;) (My trip through Belfast has reminded me to listen to Billy Bragg more.)

I've been exploring the city a bit, but on this occasion didn't have my camera, just a phone. Liverpool's docks are amazing old relics. Proper shots to come!

I've been exploring the city a bit, but on this occasion didn't have my camera, just a phone. Liverpool's docks are amazing old relics. Proper shots to come! This one has a curiously long-lived punctuation... issue...

I've been exploring the city a bit, but on this occasion didn't have my camera, just a phone. Liverpool's docks are amazing old relics. Proper shots to come!

I just had the sense that these two were kinda cuddled up to one another, watching the world go by. With possibly another one muscling in over their shoulders to get a view! ;) I should work for Disney.

So it turns out Liverpool has a neat little marina in one of the old docks! I must try out the bar there one of these evenings and see if it's in any way reminiscent of Brighton's Master Mariner . It could be very cool, very tatty, or somewhere in between in "Beefeater" style... hmm... what are the chances of anything other than the latter, oop here? ;)

At first glance at this pic, I thought for a moment that there was a horrible moire pattern on the red boat, but it's actually a reflection of the ripples in the water :)

I say "unexpected" because it took me months to stumble upon it. Liverpool is associated with docks, of course, and the famous Albert Dock has been restored for the tourists and a few small boats. But there are dozens of other docks, and the main roads tend to be separated from them by wonderful old warehouses and factories. It was exploring these that led me to find this rather posh little marina hidden away in the south-east of the range of docks.

I've been exploring the city a bit, but on this occasion didn't have my camera, just a phone. Liverpool's docks are amazing old relics. Proper shots to come!