9th July

 Dramatic skies on a balmy afternoon - deep purples and grey-greens in the intermittent sunshine...
This time a starfish and, for a change, a fish have washed up on the tide. Poppies bloom in the disturbed soil where the cliff has fallen.
I find a modest slection of cups and rope along the tideline.

high tide: 14.31 hrs 2.9m, low tide: 20.58 hrs 0.4m
time of arrival: 15.38 hrs  
weather: cloud (stormy), wind  W 12 mph, temperature 19c
marine litter: a selection of plastic cups and rope/line

28th June

It's close but there is a refreshing breeze from the south west... The vegetated shingle banks steeply and in places is undercut. On top, the yellow-horned sea poppies are in full bloom.
More starfish have washed in on the tide and there is a large Winnie the Pooh balloon and old tin of Brasso, alonside the usual rope and food pots punctuating the shingle along the tideline.

high tide: 14.02 hrs 2.7m, low tide: 22.41 hrs 0.6 m (est)
time of arrival: 18.33 hrs  
weather: sunshine, wind  SW 14 mph, temperature 24c
marine litter: small amounts - the usual suspects...

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

 

   

29th March

 

The beach is empty and stunning, the sea an iridescent silver-blue in the evening light - yet not a soul on the beach apart from a single runner, whom my dog tries to round up.
It's a falling tide, leaving pristine sand (apart from the paw prints of a mad dog) and virtually no litter. Perfect... I cannot imagine a better place to be.
Just two clouds on the horizon:  a pall of brown pollution on the horizon - a typical and sad sight after days of high pressure - and another dead starfish (more to come?).

low tide: 0.800 hrs 1.1m, high tide: 14.40 hrs 2.4m, low tide: 20.40 hrs 0.9m (est)
time of arrival: 17.42 hrs  
weather: sunshine, wind S 7mph, temperature 12c
marine litter: little