Drive Thru Photography

Trawler on Roa Island Causeway, originally uploaded by Bay Photographic.

After my little adventure with the tide on Cockerham Sands last week, I opted for the safety of the coast road to Barrow in Furness today. Apart from several places where the views appeared obligingly right in front of a convenient parking place on the way, this trawler was beached next to the causeway that links Roa Island with the mainland. I parked in front of it, retrieved my camera and monopod from the boot, took two shots from where I stood, and continued on my way. Efficient, safe and fast. Who said photography had to be hard work?
I am intrigued by the name of the trawler. I could make out the letters 'VI-A NO-A' on her bow. Vita Nova? Vila Nova? Can't find any reference to a trawler by either of those. There was a Grimsby boat called 'Via Nova' but she was much bigger (180 feet long).
There was someone on board the boat today, and I could have asked him, but I would have had to walk 50 yards to do so.
And that was clearly out of the question.