It is Sunday so we can squeeze through the barricades and, for once, walk the length of the beach. The bags continue to multiply and a portaloo stands like a tardis in their midst.
It's sunny and unseasonably warm (shorts weather for some) and there is a huge harvest of seaweed
and plastic with balloons (McDonalds as usual), bottles, boots and turtles tangled in the the shiny fronds - and even a plant pot with its own harvest of sea plants. More paraffin wax too... and three Pot Noodles.
The anglers have been here also, leaving their packs of frozen calamari and pre-packed squid.
The Fa
Ocean Dive Active shower gel -
vitalising with plant extracts - looks tantalising nestling on the weed.
There are a lots of foreign language packs - including 4 tubs or lids of margarine and a large catering size pack of Ariel. The main languages that wash up are Dutch and French, perhaps not surprising given that Holland, Belgium and France are our nearest North Sea neighbours. Washing powder, dried parsley, shampoo and margarine certainly aren't beach visitors' normal picnic fare - so is this stuff washing down the big European rivers or being flung off ships??
On the way back I found a Smartie top (treasure to me) sitting amongst the weed.
high tide: 12.07 hrs 2.7m; low tide 17.51 hrs 0.7m
time of arrival: 12.48 hrs
weather: sunny, wind E 10mph, temperature 14c
marine
litter: many plastic pieces, some quite large; 8 balloons mostly with strings, a lump of paraffin wax.
