Truncated

Piers can be emotive structures; they are so often bound up with precious childhood memories of seaside holidays, or, for locals, nostalgia for days spent enjoying pier pavilion events. And so it was with Colwyn Bay’s fast decaying relic of its glory days. 

Its grand Victorian pavilions had long gone, replaced by more modern monstrosities, and even the eyesore that remained was slipping into the sea through lack of maintenance. Yet even so, local desires to keep the pier were strong, desperate to resist the move to dismantle and remove. 

We, on the other hand, were more than happy for the pier to go, and watched its demolition back in 2018. This was nothing like the glorious pier in Llandudno, and taking it away gave us a gorgeous stretch of uninterrupted sand. 

But there had been a ‘deal’ to rebuild a pier of sorts - the truncated platform blipped today. It seems a far cry from the futuristic vision in the link below, but it’s reused the iron supports, and used the designs (and colours!) of the original railings. And the decking strips have been laid with patience and precision, taking months and months of careful work. We wondered whether it would ever finally be finished, and one thing’s certain - they are very definitely STRAIGHT! 
https://www.nashpartnership.com/our-work/victoria-pier-colwyn-bay/

So for today’s Wide Wednesday challenge, there are the straight lines of the new truncated pier, and as an extra, there’s a sunset shot I took of the old structure in its final days. 

Thanks to Bobsblips for hosting!