Re: Fun with the Sony A7 Series Cameras( all of them)
Nearly 400 years ago, 102 passengers and crew set sail from this historic point never to return...They are known today as the Pilgrim Fathers.
We fly both nations flag in remembrance.
Loxia 21mm Handheld 1/5 f4 ISO 100
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I will just make one last image insert edit, as it’s kind of relevant to The Mayflower 1620 image above...I spotted this commemorative paving stone also just a few feet from the Mayflower paving stone.
I confess I don’t remember anything about the Sea Venture, so I took a quick snap so I could check it out when I got home... An interesting true story taken from wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Venture
The loss of Sea Venture
On 2 June 1609, Sea Venture set sail from Plymouth as the flagship of a seven-ship fleet (towing two additional pinnaces) destined for Jamestown, Virginia as part of the Third Supply, carrying 500 to 600 people (it is unclear whether that number includes crew, or only settlers). On 24 July, the fleet ran into a strong storm, likely a hurricane, and the ships were separated. Sea Venture fought the storm for three days. Comparably sized ships had survived such weather, but Sea Venture had a critical flaw in her newness: her timbers had not set. The caulking was forced from between them, and the ship began to leak rapidly. All hands were applied to bailing, but water continued to rise in the hold. The ship's starboard-side guns were reportedly jettisoned (though two from the port-side were salvaged from the wreck in 1612 to arm the first forts) to raise her buoyancy, but this only delayed the inevitable. The Admiral of the Company himself, Sir George Somers, was at the helm through the storm. When he spied land on the morning of 25 July, the water in the hold had risen to 9 feet (2.7 m), and crew and passengers had been driven past the point of exhaustion. Somers deliberately drove the ship onto the reefs of what proved to be Bermuda in order to prevent its foundering. This allowed all 150 people aboard, and one dog, to be landed safely ashore.