ABC Wednesday - Quay

Oh does that look like a Q? Of course it does, especially if you are looking at it with ABC Wednesday eyes. And what luck it is also on a Quay. Tie your boat here after sailing on Coniston Water in the Lake District.

Bigger boats require
something more sturdier. The ferry tying up on the St Malo quay after a rather choppy, possible queasy, crossing of the English Channel, or La Manche (the sleeve) if you are looking at it from the French side.
Then there are the calmer waters (on this particular day), of Bantry Bay in the beautiful south east of Ireland. These fishing vessels are tied up on the Bantry quay. The area is famous for its blue mussels, filter feeders, living in intertidal areas and filtering 10-15 gallons of seawater a day. They in turn are eaten by the tourists dining in the Bantry restaurants, but I chose a cheese and onion flan for preference.
Possibly less sustainable fishing here. Fishing trawlers from many countries, as far as the eye can see, docked on the Ijmulden quay in the Netherlands.

Honfleur, Normandy, France

From working vessels to people enjoying their leisure. This is a scanned photo; I was trying to work out when I had taken it, (having found in an envelope of unrelated pictures) by looking at the clothes. Not too many clues apart from tight shorts. I've narrowed it down to the 20th century.

Zebu, Albert Dock, Liverpool

The last quay so board the quarterdeck, raise our glasses and Splice the mainbrace

Quick for Quality Qs go to the ABC Wednesday meme hosted by Mrs Nesbitt.