The coast line around here has seen some pretty heavy losses due to land slips over the last ten years, when my friends first moved down here they were able to walk straight across here on the coastal path.
The mud at the bottom of the fall is very treacherous and my friend who volunteers for the local coast guard has had to help pull out several unwary visitors.
The landslip photos were taken from the top of this small rise.
After that it was time to head back to the house, which is outside the village and around 95m above sea level – steep walk up the village street but luckily there is a pub half way up and after a couple of restorative pints of the local brew (Palmers) we were able to complete the “ascent”.
Thanks to D for supplying photos 3 & 4.
4 comments:
Pretty pictures. :) Is the land slip part of the eventual erosion that has been happening? I know as a teenager, in one of my science classes (earth science, I think), we learned that the U.K. was losing land.
How much gets lost annually?
rt, Some parts of the coast line are are eroding more than others (Scotland seems to be mainly OK) - but this area in Dorset is very prone to erosion - looking back the other way from the photos is Lyme Regis and the coast in between suffered this last year.
We walked that path around 5 years ago!
Wow! That's a scary amount of land lost.
Well, I think the answer is that you need to trade all that water for desert - it worked well out at the ranch, you know. Of course, that green grass would immediately go to hell in a teapot but at least you could likely find the same path from one year to the next.
Wot's this? Ginge didn't go on the walk with you?!!! I dunno, it's just seems, well, very un-cat-like somehow.
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