Thanks for your words Ray. I have to say that there is a lot of planned symbolism in this but I'm always reluctant to spell it out because the symbolism is in my mind and will just sound pretentious to others. The opening and closing 'doors' are obvious. The three vessels depict the move from dereliction to 'much better' - more seaworthy. That's to do with the face-lift the town has had to cater for the growing tourist market. The streets look pretty new but they're mostly empty - ready and waiting for the flood of cash-injecting tourists (actually it was early Sunday morning). One scene shows an old roof with a hole in it - to depict that they're not quite there yet! I did take time to sift through all the surplus images and look for links or 'stories' and this is the best I could come up with. Pretty contrived I know but in the end it's a lovely town worth visiting.

Ray, I think you get more from this than I do. Wish I could see things with your analytical eye. On a technical note; the breaking waves video clips were inserted in Movie maker and they had their own native sound which appears on the Audio track in Movie maker. The music is added to the Audio/Music track below that so the final result merges the wave sounds with the music. As for the anchors (like pointing arrows)...I drew the line at mentioning that they were symbolic of the town 'moving forward'...I can only take so much of my own schmaltz. Incidentally, I had you pegged as being from Scots ancestry - is there Portuguese in there too?