After the rain

A visual example as to the fragility of the coast at Barton. Only last week the cliffs here were near vertical, their base clear of debris, as was the intertidal. One minor downpour and the cliffs have slumped noticeably, their base and close intertidal littered with fallen clay boulders and their face lined with a filigree of rivulets eager to return to the source. Though years of human intervention to stem erosion consistently fails to stop these prehistoric marine clays returning to the sea, in fact they're swept into the themselves. We can hinder natures plans, though never foil them, nor have true dominion over her. We'd be better, as a variety of projects have shown, working with mother nature and changing our ways when required. Sadly though, our hubris is our Achilles Heel.