I had heard from another landscape photographer who actually lived quite close to this place where I shot this image, that I might find it an interesting place to visit!
He shoots in colour and didn't really like much that he saw but knew I might like it. He knew that I like shapes, textures, form and atmosphere in my photographs.

I had been to this place, Lepe Country Park in Hampshire before, but I had gone West from the car park and he suggested I go East this time!

He was right! After a 10 minute walk along the coast heading to the entrance to the Southampton port, I saw the structures my friend had suggested I take a look at.

The structures in the background are all that's left of a jetty that was used in June 1945 to load troops onto boats to take part in 'D Day' on the Normandy beaches. These structures are actually called 'The Dolphins'. In the foreground are all that's left of other smaller jetties.

Here are a couple more images from this fantastic couple of hours I spent along this shoreline!