Ryde from off the pier

Ryde from off the pier, originally uploaded by Rusty Marvin (feel free to comment) aka WYSIWYG.

P1190217 - Sorry about the exposure on this.
This is Ryde a view from the sea, the pier (in fact it's three piers) currently one on the right is being completely rebuild.
Total length: 681 metres or 2,234 ft, which is one pretty nasty walk when it is blowing a gale force 8-10 and it's raining.
The pier originally had an entertainment hall (knocked down many years ago) just to the right of the main building and similar looking structure has now been built as a coffee house to the left of the main building but hidden by the loading ramp.
The two cranes now decommissioned were installed around 1924 and were used to load and unload cargo from the passenger ferries.