Friday, November 25, 2005

New sand for Swanage


New sand for Swanage
Originally uploaded by m.hadley.
Barge delivers sand from dredging Poole harbour, pumps around 2000 c m in 40 minutes on to the beach. Let's hope they finish putting in the new groynes before all the sand just goes straight out to sea again.



New groynes
Originally uploaded by m.hadley.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why was all this financed nationally and not locally, whose beach is it? The Town Council charge concessionaires for the use of it, stop dogs going on it etc. What is wrong with standing on our own two feet? Where was the sinking fund? How can they justify spending £millions to stop natural erosion when a sensible sized swimming pool is out of the question? What is the importance of a bit of sand?

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know what happens to the bits they cut off? They would be fantastic fire wood!!!

Where do we apply to get our hands on it?

Anonymous said...

There is a new site with information on the beach recharge
http://www.poolebay.net/swanage.htm

Anonymous said...

Is that new website address correct? I can't get it to open

Anonymous said...

This sand is to protect the sea wall. I remember singing a chorous as a lad "The wise man built his house upon the rock" Not sand as the house would come tumbling down.
How long before we have to pay out for repairs to the sea wall which is time expired and just putting sand infront of it to protect it is rediculous. All that will happen is we will have a mini Morecombe Bay where at low tide we will have to walk miles to go for a swim.

Anonymous said...

I have all of the offcuts and recycle them as toothpics. They tend to be a bit salty but the taste of the creasote soon takes that away.