On the Cobb

Posted on Wed, 25 July, 2018 by

Another image from our recent trip to Lyme Regis. Previously I posted an image of some boats in the little harbour protected by the Cobb (click here to view).

Turning round from that image you get a view of the Cobb – a very substantial structure curving out into the bay – that has stood centuries of storms. On a cloudless day, the Cobb itself loses some of its photogenicity, but the people on the Cobb (as silhouettes) caught my attention

 

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9 Responses to On the Cobb

  1. Sue says:
    Wed, 25 July, 2018 at 12:38

    I have a similar image from some years ago…..

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  2. paula graham says:
    Wed, 25 July, 2018 at 20:04

    Great stuff, I read that the cob is suffering from the heavy battering from the waves, it is crumbling somewhat.

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    • LensScaper says:
      Wed, 25 July, 2018 at 21:33

      Thanks Paula. The Cobb does get a battering in major storms, but it is a very substantial object. I hadn’t heard of it being damaged – I must ask my brother-in-law who lives in Lyme

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  3. shoreacres says:
    Sat, 28 July, 2018 at 21:05

    I’ve never heard of something called a “cobb.” A quick search turned up Cobb salad, the baseball player Ty Cobb, and an assortment of other obviously unrelated things. Once I tried “cobb wall,” I think I found my answer. Is this wall done with cob (or cobb) construction?

    Of course, as an American midwesterner, when you say “cobb” to me, I think immediately of corn on the cob. While that’s clearly not the same, there is a certain visual resemblance between the wall and the sweet corn I’m having for dinner tonight.

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