31st August

My year at the edge is approaching its end - and what a way to go. The beach is deserted - it's like walking on my own island - and on day's like this, there is absolutely nowhere on earth I'd rather be...

Sadly, marine plastics litter the tideline. But there are a few interesting finds: a red silk flower lies poignantly on the water's edge; a burnt out Chinese lantern (no doubt a legacy of Aldeburgh Carnival fireworks night on the beach when many, many are released...) washes up tangled in a plastic bag; another Tampax pearl tampon applicator in an apparently 'fun' (P&G's description) pearlescent blue (to match the sea presumably where so many end up). Blue is 'regular flow' - appropriate as so many regularly flow arrive with the tidal flow...; finally, a smartie top (for me, treasure) - and it's a Z! If only this had turned up on my final walk.


high tide: 10.16 hrs 3.0m, low tide: 16.42 hrs 0.2m
time of arrival: 11.19 hrs  
weather: sunshine, wind  NE 17 mph, temperature 14c
marine litter: large quantities of polystyrene, plastic cups and rope & line

10th September

It is a warm but overcast day (glowering but with glimmers!) and there is a fresh breeze: good t-shirt weather for walking and collecting on the beach... A lovely low tide too as the equinox and the harvest moon draw near - there is still an hour or two to go but already there are huge expanses of sand.

There have been fresh cliff falls at the end of the gabions. Posts meanwhile are appearing in the shingle towards the Ness (something to do with monitoring beach levels for Sizewell perhaps?)

I find an unusually small amount of plastics  but a large quantities of small rope pieces and net...
Strangely, I find piece of artificial flower identical to the one I collected last week. And, as always, the ubiquitous sanitary waste.

high tide: 09.30 hrs, 2.9m ; low tide 16.49 hrs, 0.4m  (estimates)

time of arrival: 14.07 hrs

weather: overcast, wind SW 18mph, temperature 18c
marine litter: significant quantities of rope and line otherwise just bits and pieces.

looking north

looking south

the Sizewell post?

still the wedding season then...