Storm 'Brian' over the Longships

Storm 'Brian'  slammed into the Longships during the early hours of this morning with wind gusts of over 60mph and is forecast to remain over 50mph for the rest of the day,  The Longships and its prominent lighthouse is around one and a half miles west of Lands End so it took the full force of the high seas and southwest to westerly winds,  To give scale to pictures below the lighthouse is 106feet to the Helicopter landing pad, It sits on a levelled rock base that can be anything up to forty foot above the tide line so waves that break above the lighthouse are in the range of about one hundred and fifty feet,  Light levels were quite poor around 8AM  but the sun fought its way through the passing clouds at 9.30 AM to provide a few good opportunities before the tide dropped to low.