Beach thief

The beach thief has struck again. The intertidal is a region in flux, this is no more apparent than along Naish beach. Since we walked here last week the face of the beach has changed from being a gently sloping profile, there's now a 0.3 to 0.5 meter step at the top of the beach. A huge amount of material, sand, clay and gravel has been excavated by the sea and transported by long shore drift further east. This is only temporary, mind, this cycle is perpetual, it wont be long before the beach is replenished and it's gently sloping profile restored. Then, it wont be long before it's scoured again, you get the picture. Further along the beach there's a finger of Barton clay now extending across the beach into the surf, there's been an isolated slippage creating an effect barrier to walkers unless the tide's out...which may account for there being no bugger down here, honestly, it was like a winter walk, not a soul about. Events like these are usually more, though not entirely, associated with the winter months, however these days 'usually' is becoming quite a redundant phrase in relation to natures moods.