Wood from a cargo ship that hit stormy water earlier on in the week has been washed on the shores of Kent. Thousands of tonnes of the sawn timber started to come ashore throughout Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Much to the amazement of the people who lived there, they woke up only to see scattered remains of timber that people are more than welcome to steal and make their own classic bedroom furniture.
The work force which are responsible for clearing the mess were absolutely baffled with what to do with all of the wood and were told to wait for further instructions. Despite the ice cold conditions and biting winds, people braved the weather to get a look at the very bizarre scenes. Even my old man had told me that we should take a trip over to Kent and get some wood for making our own furniture.
The timber fell from the Russian registered naval vessel the Sinegorsk in the Chanel on Monday, 14 miles off of New Haven, Sussex. Around 1,500 tonnes are thought to have gone overboard into the sea while it was sailing from Alexandra in Egypt from Oskarshamn in Sweden. The cargo apparently still belongs to the original owner and Kent Police have warned that any attempts to remove any of what has been washed up to be treated as theft. Although they have stated the stipulations people have still gone down to the seaside and taken wood. Normally, people go down to the seaside at night and steal the wood. Though, now the police have been called to keep an eye on all of timber and protect it from being stolen.
This is the second time that wood has washed up on the shores of Sussex beaches. At a very similar time last year, Worthing was subject to the same treatment as a cargo ship spilled out a load of wood that people took.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Great way to make your own furniture
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