EA at work

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http://youtu.be/uOOYn3J_7Ds

Above I have included the address of a video clip of the EA works in action from which i snapped this still. It is on You Tube just copy and paste into your browser.

Waiting for the tugs and barge

I was told by the one of the EA contractors that."this 'mother ship carries a working capacity load of 20000 tons". Additionally I was informed the total amount being landed is 60000 tons.

I have included video clips on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL88D23799119205ED

Wide shingle bank

unlike another image (19/1/2012) the shingle bank is twice as wide. The sea and waves are just so powerful.

Question, whats greater machines or rocks

Rocks piled high at the Earnley end of Medmerry Beach. Prior to being placed in the fiels where the new sea defences will start!

These are spare if you want for the rockery

Just enlarge the image and you can see the size of these rocks.

There are several associated clips on You Tube

We used to have shingle, we now have a rockery

This Pile is where the stones are unloaded from the barge, Then specific rocks are then moved to the pile further down the beach. Then they are taken into the fields to be positioned ontop of Geo-textile matting as part of the sea defences

Kestrel over Medmerry

A beautiful sight to see. No sooner had i pressed the shutter than she dived, landed only to take flight again. Subsequently landing on an old bale of straw to have her dinner. Meanwhile only 50yds (50m) from her four crows were constantly raising with snails in their beaks only to drop them onto the shingle. This I guess was to break the shells, then they had their feast. One bird had at least four attempts to break the shell before eating.

Brent Geese Behind Medmerry at Ham

Approx 1200 of these noisy fellers, I wonder if they will return when the area is flooded later this year.

Toe End works continue

Raising of Toe End at Bunn Leisure

Medmerry beach in fantastic condition

Due to the mild weather and the sterling work of the EA's drivers the shingle has not been undermined and looks in good condition.

Ps. This all changed on the 19th see one of the other photos.

Sunrise over Bunn Leisure

What a beautiful site, i do love mornings

Sunset over the NabTower

On lovely clear days, with photos like this I I know next year where the sun will set and can predict when its over Ryde, Portsmouth or any other location. Unfortunately its not always clear and some days I cannot even see the Isle of Wight.

20000tons off Medmerry

The mother ship, still pretty full after 3 barge loads had been delivered to shore

A Beach is being born

Interesting, I'm so pleased i was there to see this

Power. Splash that

The power of the Machine. The power of the vibration when the rocks hit the water and shore.

Groynes and Sea Wall at Medmerry over the years

This picture is of me and my cousin in 1962, it is the clearest picture of the groynes conditions in those days.

Not much changed until just prior to 1995 when the E.A. machinery started to eradicate and damage the groynes. The 2nd photo was taken infront of the properties Summer Dawn and Ramona 1995.

I've skipped to August this year and then till today 23 December 2007. to show how much the wall has fallen away .This in my humble opinion is due to the removal of groynes, shuttering and faggots.

See how the beach floor has fallen. The height of the shingle used to be about 5ft (1.5m) from the top of SummerDawns Concrete Wall. Now whether due to inappropriate action or inactivity by the responsible authorities over the past 10 or so years the beach is not just Going but GONE!

Managed Realignment

The E.A. are supposed to be maintaining the beach all I see is the shingle being moved from the Seaward side to the landward side. Effectivly moving the beach back, thereby realigning the beach. 12/10/07

10 December 2007

The shingle is going fast

Medmerry, Selsey West Sussex

This is the beach at Medmerry March 2007.





During the low tide periods the Environmental Agencies Bulldozers are pushing shingle from the foreshore, up the embankment. This forms into a ridge along the top edge. Then traversing along the top of the embankment the dozers level the ridges. In so doing the shingle is pushed to the sides of the machines and peculates down both the front and rear of the bank. This effectively realigns the shingle bank landward. Another name for this realignment is Managed Retreat.





This view is looking westward from the boat ramp by the Coastguard Tower looking along Medmerry Cliff. 18:30 11th April 2007. The shingle has returned. We are in the middle of a neap tide, meaning only nominal rise and fall. Now would be a good time for the E.A. to gather, push-up and store the shingle, for use and beach replenishment, during stormy spring tides.

This was 21 January 2007, 11:14:48 Toe End Medmerry looking eastward towards the caravan park houses and the coastguard tower. As you can see the Groyne was in near perfect condition. I have hundreds of photographs and holiday snaps showing Groynes in good condition and doing-their-job, retaining stones and preventing long shore drift.