Run Aground Again

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.
Henry Miller

Along the Adur mud flats adjacent to Shoreham Beach sits (and at high tides floats) an extraordinary collection of house boats: converted barges, tugs, mine sweepers.

At a spot between the house boats and the pedestrian bridge over the river into the town centre sits this forgotten boat. I found it quite beautiful and just a bit romantic with the red poppies blooming near it...