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.