A blistering of Barnacles

Back on the 10th of November I wrote about how I love collective nouns for birds and couldn't resist this one for today. Why a blistering of these Barnacle Geese? To ask the question you missed out on the childhood joys of reading Tintin and what a loss that was!
Hugely windy all day today. Foolishly I went about half a kilometre downwind on the beach and then really struggled to get back. With large tides too, the coastal defences are being stretched. I made the mistake of looking at the weather forecast for the week and things don't seem to get any better. That said I never quite believe the forecast here on the edge - as the tourist board would have it.