11th November

 A flying visit to the south of the barricades to see what is happening but all the action is north towards the ness.The seas are quite wild and have thrown a lot of plastic onto the shore so, though no time to stop long, it doesn't take long to collect a bag of rubbish. A lot of plastic bottles and containers this time - including from France and Holland, probably recent discards off ships.
Still the seaweed...

low tide:

time of arrival: 11.54 hrs

weather: cloudy, wind SE 15mph (est), temperature 10c
marine litter: bottles, containers.

 

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.