{"id":7686,"date":"2011-04-26T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-26T08:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7686"},"modified":"2011-04-26T09:33:53","modified_gmt":"2011-04-26T08:33:53","slug":"borth-rocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2011\/04\/borth-rocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Borth Rocks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I should have posted some photos of this ages ago, but the unloading of rocks from the large barges out at sea continues in Borth.<\/p>\n<p>For the last few weeks there have been two very large Norwegian barges moored on the horizon, about 4 nautical miles offshore. Every high tide, both night and day, two tugs bring smaller barges loaded with the rock cargo into shore and then huge diggers race up and down the barge dumping rocks into the sea ready to be used on the new <a title=\"Borth Sea Defence Scheme\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/tag\/sea-defences\/\">sea defence scheme<\/a> in Borth.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7686 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8426.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8426-120x79.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Charlie Rock - Barge\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8426-120x79.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8426-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8426.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7688'>\n\t\t\t\tCharlie Rock &#8211; Barge\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8429.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8429-120x79.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Charlie Rock - Barge\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8429-120x79.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8429-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8429.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7689'>\n\t\t\t\tCharlie Rock &#8211; Barge\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8430.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8430-120x79.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Digger onboard\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8430-120x79.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8430-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8430.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7690'>\n\t\t\t\tDigger onboard\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8438-120x80.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Making Splashes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8438-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8438-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8438.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7692'>\n\t\t\t\tMaking Splashes\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8439.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" 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src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8441-120x80.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Unloading\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7694\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8441-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8441-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8441.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7694'>\n\t\t\t\tUnloading\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8444.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/IMG_8444-120x79.jpg\" 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