Honeycombed mooring.

History advises that built quays and piers were in existence at St. Andrews harbour since the 16th century. (I’ve written about this location before, and taken many photos here). The North Pier is largely the product of 18th and 19th century rebuilding. It has a number of important features along it’s length, including seven roughly worked stone mooring pawls. They are all different, and in various stages of weathering; this one has a honeycombed surface structure (the cliff at Elgol on the Isle of Skye has the same surface texture!). Other pawls are delaminating and are irregular in shape and size; this is the biggest one. It was dry when we walked past; a few minutes later, when we were at the exposed far end of the Pier, a cloudburst from the south soaked us. The rain stayed on for several hours.

Our younger son, injured a week ago, watched his team play rugby. Our older son and friend went to a local football match.