I was telling one of my cousins last week that I watch a lot of PBS. She assumed I watched a lot of “nature shows” or educational stuff, but I told her I watch a lot of British tv – britcoms, mysteries, etc.
I love Doc Martin, Escape to the Chateau, Poirot, Are You Being Served, Keeping Up Appearances (my mother loved Hyacinth Bucket) and Death in Paradise (my father loved this show), to name a few. And interestingly enough, I saw this great episode of NOVA last night, an episode from 2016 called “Operation Lighthouse Rescue.” It was about the Gay Head Light (lighthouse), in Martha’s Vineyard, that has been a fixture since 1856.
The lighthouse was in danger of falling off of the cliffs, as the erosion got closer and closer. So a plan was set in place to move the much-loved and historic lighthouse back 135 feet to save it for another 150 years or so.
I kept picturing people 150 years from now doing the same thing- moving the lighthouse in another 135 feet, cursing the people in 2023 for not doing it at the time. But they can’t move the lighthouse too far back, – it still serves a purpose and needs to be visible by boats at sea.
It’s a fun program, talking about the history of the lighthouse, showing the village people of Martha’s Vineyard and the actual crew doing the job of lifting the lighthouse four feet off the ground and moving it without it collapsing under its own weight.
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