Stormy Seas at Peel

The usually sheltered waters of Peel Bay can be transformed , in the advent of any North or North Eastern storms in the area. The breakwater protects the harbour to some extent [ the very reason why it was built in the first place ] but the seas can be very spectacular, especially at high water. I took these pictures in March, this year....March and September being the months that these storms can occur. On the subject of the sea, they are , at present converting the upper harbour at Peel into a multi million pound Marina. I , as are many others, are not exactly in favour of all this, not for the obvious economic gain that a Marina may bring but for a more practical reason. The harbour used to dry out, twice a day originally, with clean sea water flooding in as the tide rose and flushing out the harbour as the water ebbed. Now it is just a muddy expanse of water held back by a water retention barrier with access to the harbour reduced even further . Progress? I don't think so !