Bring me sunshine . . .

A dark, wet and wild day with the house lights on all day! Spent our morning walk just looking for something cheery and bright to take photos of and luckily I spotted this old buoy, rusting away quietly in the long grass along the shore. It's been there for years and I've never really had a close look at it before. It's about 30 inches in diameter. Anyone any ideas as to what the numbers and lettering on it might mean?

Roused myself from my torpor to make baked apples filled with mincemeat for pudding tonight - well, it is Friday! They were lovely and sweet and sticky and the custard complemented them perfectly!