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December 2013 Tidal Surge in Kirby-le-Soken and Tendring

A tidal surge visited Kirby-le-Soken and Tendring around 2am on Friday 6 December 2013.  By 8am it had gone, leaving traces of its visit. It had been dry the preceding days, looking north down quay lane about 50 yards from … Continue reading

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Welcome To Shotley Marina, Not At Walton – Sep 2013

Shotley Marina has a welcome sign.  Walton yacht club and mere have fences.  What are they trying to achieve? Welcome to Shotley Welcome to Walton Walton Town Hard Hut Fenced In Pavement Chained In Mill Lane Walton – another fence … Continue reading

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Environment Agency Plan For Tendring Coastline By 2105 – May 2013

Page 144 of Essex and South Suffolk SMP, shows Environment Agency’s plan for Tendring coastline by 2105, about half of it will have gone. A curious plan for a body charged with maintaining sea defences. Different colours are drawn on … Continue reading

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Groynes Repaired At Frinton, Beach Recharge Colwyn Bay, Holland Nothing

Yesterday, 20 April 2013, I noticed the groyne at the northern end of the whalings in Frinton had been repaired, presumably by Tendring District Council. You can clearly see the sand is level by the groyne. But in this picture … Continue reading

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Is Sea About To Flood The Naze?

Tendring District Council have just announced their plan to renovate the sea front at Holland and Clacton, good thing.  But they seem perfectly willing to let the sea wall at the north of the Naze be washed away. I haven’t … Continue reading

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