Prunes in Olive Oil

[theoldfart2]

Because of these constant storms strange things are happening.

Walking along the beach I have noticed lots of Dead Sea birds. I can only assume that it is so rough the poor buggers can't feed and either starve or drown trying. 

I have also found on the beach, some sheets of Latex and lumps of coal, which wouldn't mean bugger all to most people, but being so old I know where it came from.

It is part of the cargo from the wreck of the War Knight, which went down in 1918, after she hit a mine. ( Incidentally, they tried to sink her after she was abandoned,with two torpedoes , both missed and one went ashore in Whatcombe Bay, the other is still intact, laying to the right or Freshwater Bay, about 100 yards out)

So if these storms have been powerful enough to disturb the War Knight which lays in 40 foot of water, what damage have the storms done to the sea bed and everything that lived there.

I know that from walking around the rocks at low tide, it seemed to have been scoured out like I would be if I had a bowel full of prunes in Olive oil .

Also the water round here is white, and that only happens when there is a big cliff fall and all the chalk gets churned up into the water, so I wonder how that will affect the environment .

Time will tell, but at least we shouldn't keep getting fouled up in vexed this spring.

Incidentally , I collected some of the coal and it is burning on the fire as I type this. Not bad after being in Davy Jones locker for the last 80 odd years !!

[Sunny]

Sky News this morning was filming cliff falls on the Hampshire coast, showing damage caused by this winters storms.

[theoldfart2]

Thing is, it ain't the amount of chalk/clay/ mud and there must me thousands of tons, of chalk from the slides round the back. But the effect it will have on the environment . 

Still, I spose that in reality, all this has been going on for thousands of years, and nature tends to sort its self out, even if it means the fishing is crap for a few years.

[Sunny]

The blanked of silt from the added erosion will not be good for the bottom living creatures, but the added nutrients will no doubt benefit the plankton and this will have a positive impact on the marine environment.

The Bristol Channel is always like this !