The Last Witness
“Seabirds soared skyward from their nests only to plunge back into the sea like small missiles, their wings tight to their bodies. After a few seconds, they would bob back to the surface with, if they were lucky, a writhing fish clasped in their yellow beaks. He wondered idly about the many things he didn’t know about the world – would never know – reasoning that even the greatest minds the planet had ever produced could only know a fraction of such a complex existence.
The satnav device was sil...ent, showing only ‘Proceed on present heading’ on the luminous screen. He looked ahead through the window, trying to work out where he would be able to berth the boat. There seemed to be no break in the cliffs, which towered over the scene with an almost palpable, terrifying intensity. The fresh briny smell of the sea was gradually being replaced by something earthier – the taint of guano deposited over hundreds, perhaps thousands of years on the rocks before him, mixed with the sulphurous odour of rotting seaweed.MoreLess
The satnav device was sil...ent, showing only ‘Proceed on present heading’ on the luminous screen. He looked ahead through the window, trying to work out where he would be able to berth the boat. There seemed to be no break in the cliffs, which towered over the scene with an almost palpable, terrifying intensity. The fresh briny smell of the sea was gradually being replaced by something earthier – the taint of guano deposited over hundreds, perhaps thousands of years on the rocks before him, mixed with the sulphurous odour of rotting seaweed.MoreLess
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