R.I.P. Weston-super-Mare Pier

I know it’s been nearly a month since the Pier at Weston-super-Mare was engulfed in flames but it’s not until this week that I’ve seen the wreckage in all it’s glory.

I was actually suprised at how little damage was done. I mean I know there used to be a huge pavilion sat on top of the Pier but I thought the whole thing had dissolved into the sea! As it turned out, the whole structure of the Pier was still there and it was just the top of the end bit that had been destroyed; The firefighters managed to save the vast majority of the Pier.

People are still able to visit the attractions and shops along the main part of the Pier and you are able to walk up the Pier to where the fire damaged area is:

DSC00276 by dj_chalky

Whilst I’m very sorry that the Pier caught fire, the one thing I can’t understand is the mentality of certain people and how morally, Grand Pier Limited can do this. The Pier is owned and run by Kerry & Michelle Michael trading as a limited company, therefore, it is not run as a charity but a commercial business. As such, it is imagined that the company has insurance for the Pier and therefore will be receiving a payout from this insurance company.

Yet despite this, there are tins and signs all over the Pier asking for donations for the return of the Pavilion! I’m really unsure which is worse, a commercial company fleecing the pubic or the idiots actually stupid enough to give a donation! Would you give a donation if your local bank burned to the ground? I don’t think so!