Month: May 2013

Cape Spear Fog

Posted on by declan

CapeSpearFog-1I finally got out for a few hours to take photos at the weekend. We had a beautiful sunny weekend in St John’s so yesterday we decided to take a sunny Sunday drive out to Cape Spear to take some photos. Cape Spear is the most easterly point of North America and just about 15km from St John’s. It might as well have been 1500 km as we drove from sun into a fog bank perched over Cape Spear. When we parked in the the car park we couldn’t even see the lighthouse itself. It’s amazing how two extremes of weather can be so close to each other. Still I got out and made the best of it to get some photos of the lighthouse in the fog.

 

Fort Amherst

Posted on by declan

FortAmherst-1Here is a photo of the lighthouse at Fort Amherst. The fort was originally built in 1770 but this lighthouse was built in 1951. I couldnt get down into the fortifications themselves  since the gates were locked but I’m told they are opened during the summer so hopefully I can get out there again.