THE HARBOUR: DESCRIPTIVE PIECE! - page 1
Keywords: the harbour, descriptive, short piece, quality, sea, adjectives, describing, fishermen,
By cpfc08 on 25/05/2009
Level: GCSE Key Stage 4 (Years 10-11)
Page Number: 1 of 3 pages: 1 2 3
The Harbour
Dawn approaches, the hand on the clock tower strikes 5, signalling the start of the day’s trade at the fish market. Engines are stopped and started as many tradesmen come to buy in bulk. The trawler men offload the nights catch into fresh ice ready to be sold. Before you know it a mass of vulgar and peckish seagulls are swooping and diving around the harbour making the most excruciating screaming noise. Shouting and raucous laughter can be heard as the locals exchange friendly banter. It is low tide and over the night the waves have washed in a mixture of plastic bottles, cans, cuttlefish and frayed pieces of fishermen’s netting. Swarms of buzzing flies gather over slimy, slithery seaweed, its smell mixing with that of stale fish and diesel fumes from the fishermen’s boats. The sea is like a mirror, barely a wave breaking its smooth, calm surface, the sun’s ray’s bounce off the jewel like water.
The harbour starts to liven up as shops and stalls open up for a busy days trading. Blue and white stripy deck chairs are laid out for holiday makers wishing to spend this fine summers day basking in the gleaming sunlight. A family of four, sleep still in their eyes, stumble into a café to feast on a full English breakfast to kick start their day. The place is only just waking up as a swift breeze circulates around the harbour walls making the masts on the yachts rattle like a babies toy. The desirable and tempting sea has been too much for one man as he takes a paddle in the cool, inviting waters. The car parking spaces begin to be filled as the ticket warden carries out his duty by telling someone off for parking on the grass. On the other side of the car park, two little boys hop out of the car with buckets and spades in their hands, clearly ready to build an enormous sandcastle. Meanwhile an elderly couple are sat happily on a bench, admiring the scenery, licking daintily on their ice creams. The day is almost in full swing as more and more people enter the harbour. The first fishing trip is due to leave in just a few minutes time as a queue forms outside of the information desk. Two girl’s eye up some snazzy sunglasses as a young boy leaves the shop clutching
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