28th May

An amazing still warm evening - perfect for an evening walk - yet we have the beach to ourselves. The sea is an alluring iridescent silvery blue - I wish that I had brought a towel to swim... - and is spoilt only by a slight brownish pall of pollution that hangs on the horizon.
The cliffs cast long shadows onto the beach as the sun drops.
Several starfishes have been brought in on the tide.
The sea kale is magnificent, filling the air with its sweet honeyed scent...

high tide:  low tide: 09.05 hrs 1.1m, 15.38 hrs 2.6m 
time of arrival:  19.11 hrs  
weather: sunshine, wind  NE 3 mph, 19 temperature c
marine litter: mostly small pieces collected from the upper reaches of the beach; one large piece tangled piece of net/rope collected which has been on the beach for some time

 

   

7th May

It is Bank Holiday Monday and after the dismal weather of the weekend and a less than encouraging forecast, we wake up to sunshine! There is a chilly wind but the sun transforms the beach. There are lots of kites, many dogwalkers and two girls even attempt to swim. Sandmartins swoop frenetically by the cliffs.
It is a building tide with all the usual kinds of rubbish on the beach but a notable number of plastic bottles, sanitary towels and balloons. Regrettably, I could have filled my two carrier bags several times over...
Bizarrely, we find a fat dead adder at the high tide line at Thorpeness - presumably drowned in the previous week's big seas...?


high tide: 11.25 hrs 2.9m, low tide: 17.31 hrs 0.2m
time of arrival: 11.50 hrs  
weather: sunshine, wind SE 14 mph, temperature 12c
marine litter: many plastic bottles, sanitary towels and balloons