Walk along the beach, south from Walcott to Happisburgh. 14 February 2004
Compare with previous walk - 8 June 2003
 Beach access at Walcott to the North of Happisburgh. |
 The end of the sea wall at Ostend, and the last access ramp to the Beach this side of Cart Gap. |
 Properties and cliff at Ostend surviving well. This is what the revetment should look like, and used to at Happisburgh. A nice amount of sand in front and behind. |
 Tanks traps - remnants from the wartime defences of the region. |
 Only just a few hundreds yards along, and the first damaged section, and the cliff behind is already being damaged. |
 In places hardly any structure remains. |
 The sea reaches the foot of the cliff at very high tides, and is starting the erosion process. |
 A 'cut' caused by a collapsed wartime emplacement is a precarious place to decend the cliff, |
 Obvious here is the removal of beach from the base of the cliff, and the action of the sea on the clay. |
 It is even starting to expose the steel foundations at the foot of the revetments. |
 The cliff is showing the signs of recent action by the sea. |
 The combination of sea removing material from the foot af the cliff, and groundwater making the rest unstable is causing great slabs to slump down. |
 The groynes are still doing their job trying to catch the sand as it drifts down the shore |
 At the northern end of the caravan park, where locals have attempted to replenish sections lost to the sea. |
 Another wartime relic |
 And finally at Happisburgh, where the revetments are showing their age. |
 The new steps, with fresh signs of collapses on the cliff. |