Of course the relevant agency decided that for coastal defences along this part of the coast, large concrete lumps were to be jumbles to interlock, imagine 3 hexagonal concrete blocks that form roughly a ships anchor at 90 degrees to each other, it forms a great projection, full of reinforcement bar, perfect for puncturing the hull of a vessel. (A bugger to climb over and gets slippery so blocking out long lengths of the beach to the public and has more than once been close incidents when the tide rises and there's nowhere to go!!).
It's well known that these shores are treacherous in Northerlies, but last nights gale blew up in less than 2 hrs.
Thanks to all our rescue services, esp the RNLI who are all volunteers, I bet our so called professionals wouldn't go out in a 37' boat in force 9 gales. The relevant Health & Safety officers would deem it too dangerous!! But it does seem that one of the RAF crew was left on board after a winch failure, requiring a second Heli from Valley to come to the rescue.
The A55 is open, but one lane only each way, still better than the bedlam that was Old Colwyn overnight up to 1PM today
1/2 mile away, one of the popular wilding / fishing locations at 9am today
