The Much Critisied Sea Wall Earns Its Keep Today
As may be seen from the Tide Chart below, we are going through a period of Spring Tides here on Hill Head Beach where we have also been in the path of storm force winds.
Added together today has seen the highest tides that I have seen since we moved here 3 years ago
Throughout the Summer months part of the foreshore has been subjected to major engineering works to protect the promenade and cliff behind it. The design has been the subject of much criticism, particularly by the owners of the Beach Huts that would beneit from the same protection.
The Old Failed Promenade.
Today the sea bit back and the new sea wall was vindicated as my photos below clearly show.
Prior to the engineering work 3000 Tons of extra Pebbles were added to the beach but a large percentage of those had either been moved Eastward by the tides or had been squashed by the Contractors Heavy Equipment.
During the last few stormy days a significant amount of these Pebbles has been thrown over the Higher Wall and deposited onto the new Promenade requiring that they be physically removed and returned to the beach.
The Stair Wells also seem to be a problem in that the Walls were not carried around and down the steps as they have been along the Salterns Promenade. This is allowing the Waves to rush through the gap carrying Gravel with them.
As may be seen from the Tide Chart below, we are going through a period of Spring Tides here on Hill Head Beach where we have also been in the path of storm force winds.
Added together today has seen the highest tides that I have seen since we moved here 3 years ago
Throughout the Summer months part of the foreshore has been subjected to major engineering works to protect the promenade and cliff behind it. The design has been the subject of much criticism, particularly by the owners of the Beach Huts that would beneit from the same protection.
Today the sea bit back and the new sea wall was vindicated as my photos below clearly show.
Prior to the engineering work 3000 Tons of extra Pebbles were added to the beach but a large percentage of those had either been moved Eastward by the tides or had been squashed by the Contractors Heavy Equipment.
Promenade Work In Process
During the last few stormy days a significant amount of these Pebbles has been thrown over the Higher Wall and deposited onto the new Promenade requiring that they be physically removed and returned to the beach.
The Stair Wells also seem to be a problem in that the Walls were not carried around and down the steps as they have been along the Salterns Promenade. This is allowing the Waves to rush through the gap carrying Gravel with them.
The Tide Chart for Today 4th January 2018
Water rushing through the Stairwell Gaps
Water rushing between the Beach Huts towards the Steps to Cliff Road.
The Lack of Extended Sea Wall allowing the Water to rush over the Promenade
Waves Hitting the Steps Abutment.
Thrown Shingle Laying All Along The Promenade.
Waves Bouncing Off Of The New Sea Wall
Waves and Shingle Pushing through the Second Stair Well
The force of the waves is also pushing Gravel through the Many Drain Pipes. The Small Piles of Shingle Pushed Through The Drain Pipes can be seen forming here.
During The Storm.
The Aftermath One Day Later - A Deep Pile Of Shingle
The Long View
Tempting the Waves
High Tide Near to The Sailing Club
The Sea is Running to the Sea Wall Along the Whole Promenade.
With One Hour to High Tide Almost Covering The Slipway
The Recently Replaced Commemorative Bench is Missing Again.
Nearly Level with the Top of The Sailing Club Slipway
A High Tide in the Haven
Sparkling in the Hazy Sunshine
No Beaches for the Swans & Ducks Today.
The Groyne Marker is all that is showing now.
The Water is Beginning to Wash Over Onto The Road.
Almost Level with the Pontoon
The Water Level is Fine Here.
But Getting Awfully Close to The Road Here.
The River Meon is Backing Up Waiting for Low Tide to Release Into The Sea again.
It is High Tide now at 12.15 am and the Road has Flooded.
Looking Over The Wall at The Haven Café as I sit with the Dog to have my Coffee.
Water Lapping over the Footpath and onto the Meon Road.
Even The Pontoon is now Flooded
Now the Whole Seating Area is Flooded.
The Whole Slipway is Now Awash
At The Eastern End The Waves Also Hit The Promenade.
Almost Under The Waves.
No Gravel On The Promenade Along Here
I hope that you enjoyed reading the Blog
Frank
I hope that you enjoyed reading the Blog
Frank
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ReplyDeleteExcellent as usual with great photos.
ReplyDeleteHowever,can you help please. I wrote a new post today and when I tried to add a picture from the Google archive an instruction came up on the screen saying they were unable to add it.
I've never experienced any problem before but not being a computer 'geek' I find it difficult to understand Google's 'Help' services and wondered if you could assist....perhaps it's just happened to you?
chrisgleave@btinternet.com alias 'Chuckers' 'One Man and his Mog'
Hello Chris,
DeleteThank You for your very kind comments. Always appreciated.
Regarding the adding of a Photo.
I always use the Add Image button for adding photos to the blog, which takes me straight to my windows Photos Files storage area. This works fine but it only works with a Blog.
I also Run a few Google Sites set up to work like the Morganatica Morgan Technical Site and to add photos to these sites I then have to download photos from my Google Album Archive where I have also experienced problems. For my Sites photo downloads I need to get a URL for the photos but this is not the case for the Blog.
To test your problem I have just added two extra photos to this Blog but this time clicking on 'From Google Album Archive' and as you will see, Both have downloaded successfully.
I just wonder if Google puts limits on the total download capacity of Blogs? It certainly does do on my Google Sites. I recently had to set up a new Site for our Roadster 100 Register and move the Technical stuff there to create some space on our main site because it was blocking any future downloads.
I also had a problem when I saved new photos to the Album Archive when I opened them it in normal Google rather than in Google Chrome. So now I make sure and always open the Album Archive in Google Chrome when saving new photos there or retrieving them for my Sites use.
The only other thing I can think of is, could there be a limit on the file size for each photo. Could your photo pixel count be too large? They should not be particularly if ypu have used them before, unless something has changed on your camera as mine once did ( I have a problem with Camera Settings )
Perhaps it would be worth also trying to add one of these photos being blocked to one of your existing Blogs in edit mode to see if the same thing happens.
This is probably not much help but I also am limited in my IT knowledge. Let me know how you get on
Best Wishes
Frank