Tenby's old lifeboat station may no longer be in use, but that doesn't mean there's no longer a lifeboat to protect those in peril on the sea.

In fact the new lifeboat station at Tenby is only a hundred metres or so from the old one and although far more efficient is, in my opinion, less attractive; especially on a grey day...

Tenby's famous 13th-century town walls include the Five Arches barbican gate.

I'm not a Welsh speaker, but I'm told Tenby (in Welsh: Dinbych-y-Pysgod) translates as "little town of the fishes" or "little fortress of the fish."

Just thought I'd blog about these little guys since I used them for last week's teaser...

Honeycomb Worm (Sabellaria alveolata)

The honeycomb worm makes sandy tubes which when in large numbers produce a distinctive honey comb colonies. These honey comb colonies structures made of sand particles can be seen among rocks forming a “reef” of over a foot in depth. Each opening is a tube that contains one of these worms. The worms when covered by the tide will poke out their tentacled head.

Spiritbird posted an image of Tenby lifeboat station recently and it brought to mind my last visit on a cloudy summer's day.

For the uninitiated, Tenby is on a beautiful part of the South Wales coast and is an ancient walled town with a wonderfully historic past.

The beautiful beaches are real bonus for the tourist trade... I'm starting to sound like the Wales Tourist Board now, so it's obviously time I shut up!

This old lifeboat station is no longer in use, but it makes a good picture, don't you think? Even on a cloudy, grey, overcast day.

Don't you?

I know I've been boring you all to death with my images of rusty odds and sods recently, but I haven't finished yet!

Here are a couple of images of the same object; please take a look at them and tell me which one you prefer...

You might want to click these for larger versions...

My interest in rusty things may well be back to torment you again soon.

...a couple of images that didn't make it into Spicy's Colour Purple competition that is.

But still good enough to post here I thought.

These are my entries for La_Spice's Colour Purple competition.

Purple Orchid

Purple Haze on the Watchtower