No Time to Reel In
A long time ago there were about half a dozen of us on Blyth Pier.
We had been there most of the day and some decent fish were coming in because there was a nice sea running.
It was just getting towards dusk and we noticed a boat out at sea heading towards the harbour. We watched it get closer and closer – it turned out to be a German coaster. Now this thing was being pushed around in a big way by the heavy seas. The closer it got the more we doubted about it getting into the harbour entrance.
Suddenly we realised it wasn’t going to make the entrance – the damned thing was coming straight towards us. It was a case of grab the rods and bags … we didn’t even reel in … and run.
The boat cut the pier in half and our fishing on Blyth Pier was stopped for a long time afterwards.
