1.0greydogtaleshttps://greydogtales.com/bloggreydogtaleshttps://greydogtales.com/blog/author/greydogtales/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Jv7digh2qG"><a href="https://greydogtales.com/blog/whale-road-widow-maker/">Whale-road, Widow-maker</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://greydogtales.com/blog/whale-road-widow-maker/embed/#?secret=Jv7digh2qG" width="600" height="338" title="“Whale-road, Widow-maker” — greydogtales" data-secret="Jv7digh2qG" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> A bit of personal history today. I grew up by the North Sea. It’s a cruel one, known for its cold, treacherous waters and its storm tides. It watches you, from Thule and the narrow fjords in the north, all the way down to those low English coastlines being dragged back into the deeps with … Continue reading →http://greydogtales.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/seagulltales-300x200.jpg