Sailing beneath a bridge probably isn’t that exciting, but approaching the roped buoys and a 4m high sign stating ‘DANGER: NO ENTRY! BEWARE FALLING BRIDGE BEAMS” and being aware that those beams are solid steel around 20” thick and in 10m long sections, got the heart rate jumping a little. The first run under was successful, however on the other side we became stuck in the weed and wind-shadow of the bridge, making it almost impossible to get back against the tide. Finally we had drifted far enough downwind to make it back in to the wind and able to drift back through the gap, with John waving for us to make some more loops around the underside of the bridge! We spent a good hour running in and around the steel-structure (which felt like almost a year in ‘photo-shoot’ time) with JC up on the top, precariously hanging over the edge. Coming from a father who’s worked in steel related construction for all of his life, I’ve always been fascinated by metal structures and, knowing that this material is too costly in today’s world and that we’ll only see concrete bridges in the future, combined with the historic tragedy surrounding this railway line, it was an amazing adventure… even if it meant trying to hang on to a 9.5m in 25 knots and looking ‘comfortable’ for the camera!