Published on 12, July, 2020
To be aware of it is the scariest thing in the universe --- If it exists outside our perception. Awareness that we are nothing compared to the size of the universe and our time of existence in this universe is less than the blink of a cosmic eye. Awareness that our senses are drastically limited to perceive the true nature of the universe. Awareness that any amount of scientific knowledge won’t be enough for us to differentiate if the universe is subjective or objective, that we're pre-programmed or we have a free will, that we are created or are we the result of some random events (or experiment). For me this is my broad view. At a more personal level what scares you.
Sudden expanses of deep water. Llyn Cau appeared about 20m in front of me through the mist.
The dam at Derwent Reservoir scared the *** out of me.
The beach at Chesil at high tide freaks me out because I know just how sharply the shingle/pebble (impossible to climb up) land disappears into a very steep drop-off into a very deep "face" of ocean. The beach sits at a 40 degree slope and descends for about 70 linear meters (to an overall depth of about 50m.) That's really steep, the sea is often highly tempestuous at this spot.......and frankly, the whole space feels all-sorts of wrong!
Don't have nightmares please.
With that very detailed description, I just might!
Eric Coates is one of my favourite composers...stirring and joyful...of its time.
Mr Ian West and his wife (soz, can't remember her name) count Chesil beach as a special interest.
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I knew Derwent Res was used to practise for the Dambusters. I didn't know Chesil beach was used as a practise bouncing bomb range in WW2. Probably because I had never heard of it till you mentioned it.... So did a bit of reading.
I'm not going to go reading about Fred and Rose though!
...just be grateful, I nearly included the sections and details by "Mr & Mrs West".....but didn't want to get into copyright deep water..there are also all sorts of WW2 underwater caverns and systems in the Portland stone just around the corner of the beach on the Bill itself too. Like I say, all sorts of wrong.