Saturday 12 October 2019

Penetration of Plunge Pools and Other Key Holes

 In the comments of the previous post, on Thursday I said to Dinahmow that I was going down to the beach again, and these are the photos I took while I was down there.

 It was a really nice, bright, sunny morning - relatively warm when sheltered from the cool breeze - so I spent far more time down there than I intended.  And, because it was low tide, I ventured beyond the End-of-the-Line!


Canyons and river valleys in miniature!


Here's an old groyne penetrating someone's plunge pool (not The Very Mistress's this time)



Dinah's "little man" at the End-of-the-Line
I don't know where his measuring instrument is, though?


Mud slide! And, yes, of course I threw rocks in it (most satisfying).


A sea-carved clay-scape (from a cliff fall)


Low tide exposes the chalk beds at Sidestrand


A belemnite handily pointing to the imprint of a fossilised shell


The End-of-the-Line surrounded by glassy sands


Oh, dear. The sea still hasn't cleared up all the mess from that big cliff fall back in June


I think this might be some preliminary work before repairing some of the revetments?


A groyne of dimishing returns (those little squares - which you may have noticed before - appeared after the aforementioned cliff fall)


My stone spirals from the 5th October are still there! Sort of...
I think people or seagulls must have ruined the yellow one - it can't have been the sea as the black one (which is much lower down) is still in one piece (almost)


Fixed! (with another collection of stones)


I couldn't lock this stone spiral into place as I couldn't find the key!


That oystercatcher is back...




12 comments:

  1. I'd love to see the face of the person when someone comes across your newest design.

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  2. The workmen probably live in fear that the neighbourhood witch will shut them in your oven. That wasn't meant to sound like an innuendo!

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  3. Your going to turn into Andy Goldsworthy aren't you? And why not?!
    Sx

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    1. I wonder how long I'll have to wait for my OBE and documentary by Thomas Riedelsheimer?

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  4. *you're
    I am tired. It has been a long day.
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    1. At least you realised straight away - that's the only reason I didn't impose a temporary ban.

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  5. I love the belemnite dildo embedded in that rock - and your own groyne embellishments, of course... Jx

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    1. I'm not sure I'd want to have lived millions of years ago if that "dildo" is an example of tayloo size then...

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  6. Assuming that the Little Man's instruments were probably expensive he may now have to call upon you witches and your shell sorcery and twig sigils to help him out!
    Absolutely wonderful photos. If you don't become a Goldsworthy you could be a https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dombrovskis

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    1. We could have saved him a lot of money!

      I'd never heard of Peter Dombrovskis before, so I did a quick interweb search, and now I'm going to have to clear my afternoon schedule to look at his wonderful photography!

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