Hello everyone from one of your UK correspondents! Just a quick Hi to everyone. Latest news is..... (And this is not a joke!)someone has painted a lighthouse off the coast of Scotland bright pink with yellow spots. Seriously, ..can you imagine it? Scottish Lighthouse board are not impressed as you can imagine and the matter is being dealt with. Have no further news on this at present but am trying to identify said light and will update you all when I have more.
Other than that, UK weather not too lovely just now -infact parts of the south are under threat of severe floods -yet again. Fourth time in the last sixth months, not much fun I can tell you.
Hope you are all happy and well.

Regards

Fiona.

Pink with yellow spots? That is unbelievable! Is this a large lighthouse? That is some kind of prank!

Someone must have had all together too much free time! It will be interesting to hear more of this story.

Kind of like when our very own Mark Wagner went on a binge and modified what used to be called Ocracoke into Ocracow....

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Dave

Hi Fiona, any photos that can be shared.I`m sure we would like to see this one.If its any size at all,it couldn`t have been done over-night.

Dave,Ocracow.LOL Well it does look somewhat like an upside down teat.

Thanks for the info Fiona....you need to come to Brandon, FL on a vacation and get away from all that icky weather...I have extra rooms at my home and you are more than welcome....it was 86 degrees here today.....beautiful...birds singing and flowers blooming....and I read in the paper that you can get a flight on British Airways for $99 each way.
Derith

Thanks for the UK update! Please keep us informed whats going on over. I, for one, am always interest in whats going on even if it involves a pink lighthouse with yellow spots.... By the way....do you have any idea how many "lights" are located on the British Isles? And how many have you had the opportunity to visit? Thanks....

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Brent

Hey Digger, did you go on a quick vacation with your paints? Sounds like a keeper needed a vacation!

I had to go looking for more info on this. Turns out it was done by what might be considered a group of lighthouse preservationists protesting the Northern Lighthouse Board's intent to replace the structure with a modern tower. Interestingly, the lighthouse board's major gripe appears to be that it was no longer the same daymark, and therefor it was a danger painted pink. And a new, probably skeletal tower or simple pole, will be a good daymark? Must be into the Scotch, for sure!

Here are some links - they are great reading:
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_203110.html
http://www.thescotsman.co.uk/index.cfm?id=46255&keyword=the
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=0005793...10/npink10.html
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-81922,00.html
http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/02/11/stiscosco01003.html

Here is Mr. Blobby's home page

this one has a pic

Dave

LOL Dave... looks like an advertisement for Chick-fil-A. Fiona, thanks for the overseas updates. Now, that is a painting scheme I would love to see! LOL

Tim - Keeping the flame lit...

You mean thats not Holstein Inlet?

Great job of sleuthing, Dave.

Of course there is humor in this story, but then how would we feel if overnight Cape Hatteras' stripes were replaced by a pink and yellow polka-dot daymark?

If it was overnight St.John,then I`d say it had to be a close encounter of the second kind.


terry

I don't know nuttin about no pink lighthouse, and I got 2 friends that says I was in the Nothing to do with anything forum the whole time.

P.S. Glad to see a little more mileage out of Ocracow

Egads!! My mother used to drive an old DeSoto that was that color.

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