Although the equipment has been in place for at least the last 16 days there is little, if any, evidence of the DEFRA-funded beach replenishment at the Southbourne-Hengistbury Head site in east Dorset. I've visited the area for the past three days and as yet have to witness any activity, although the support vessel MCA Ailsa was in attendance yesterday (top image). Once work began the team was scheduled for round-the-clock duties, though none of this has been evident and plant remains idle (bottom image). Admittedly, the weather was unpredictable today and may be a plausible reason for the delay, or maybe I've just turned up at quiet moments, such as tea and fag breaks, and missed the main event.
Top image: 70-200 f/2.8 EX Sigma lens. 1/1000 second at f/11. ISO 200.
Bottom image: 12-24 f/4 Nikkor. 1/400 second at f/8. ISO 200.
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1 comment:
Waste of money. The shore line cannot be kept stable this way. It's just pouring valuable and increasingly scare taxpayer funds literally into the sea. Why not ship snow to the arctic why were at it, that's melting isn't it?
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