25th October

 

A grey day with big, steely seas... There is an unusual amount of seaweed washed up on the shore. A mysterious triangle of posts has emerged from the shingle north of the works - what purpose do they serve?* 

Meanwhile, beyond the barricades, the diggers are busy filling the geo-textile bags with shingle and sand and banking them up beneath the cliff.

Amongst my finds, a large and much-pecked polystyrene tray - most of the peck marks are on the underside of the tray - it has obviously been floating upside down across the sea. This everlasting floating bird-feeder will be a useful resource for my next exhibition...

*I investigate the meaning of the posts when I get home - they are markers for where the shingle is permitted to be taken for filling the geo-textile bags.

high tide: 08.48 hrs 3m; low tide 15.07 hrs 0.3m

time of arrival: 12.05 hrs

weather: overcast, wind SE 12mph, temperature 14c
marine litter: a typical 'north sea' mix of the usual culprits including 4 sanitary towels. Also a large and much-pecked polystyrene tray.

12th October

Work here has been continuing apace. The shingle shoreline seems like an industrial landscape - yet is ploughed like a field as 'erosion response works' continue... 

Very little marine litter to be found.

high tide: 10.41 hrs 2.9m; low tide 16.53 hrs 0.3m 

time of arrival: 11.37 hrs

weather: cloudy with sunny spells, wind 9mph W, temperature 16c
marine litter: minimal.