Monday, 8 October 2012

What have they done to my beach, Ma?



They have plans for new sea defences. Today, I saw how far they've got in four weeks.  The pipe you see in the top photo is bringing in "shingle" from a barge and/or a boat further out at sea.  The barge seems permanent, the boat comes and goes.

The "shingle" doesn't match the original.  It is at least 50% sand.  I suppose they know what they're doing.

If it ever stops raining I'll take more pictures.


The same stretch of beach, eight months ago.

2 comments:

  1. This should stop the house being washed away during the next storm.

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  2. Shingle. That stuff which Americans put on their roofs.

    The barge will be a barge... The boat is most probably a dredger, which is ravaging its way across the seabed, and returning every now and then to dump its haul into the barge. Not very eco-friendly.

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