King Charles III path

 

There was good news for walkers this week with the opening of a new stretch of a proposed path which will run right around the coast of Britain. 

This is an area that has been out of bounds for years, as it runs through the Sandringham Estate. I lived in Snettisham for twelve years, and was often frustrated that at Wolferton the path petered out and came well inland away from the coast.

It was featured in the local paper, the EDP, and also on BBC News.  I look forward to following the path this coming summer to give it a go.

I've been down to Peter Scott's lighthouse many times and followed the path for part of the way, but it was always incomplete between King's Lynn and Heacham.

The trail is rather remote as it leaves King's Lynn... all the way to Snettisham. You'll want the wind behind you as well... 

The trail website is here.

Coastwise in North Norfolk

One of our local papers had a story on a project called Coastwise.

There is more detail on the project here.

A video explaining the scheme, which is described as a coastal transition.

Over the next 100 years, it is predicted that over 1,000 homes will be lost to erosion in North Norfolk. Erosion will impact whole communities by threatening businesses, roads, footpaths, and utilities such as sewage, water and electricity. It will also affect our wellbeing, beach access and heritage assets such as churches, lighthouses, listed buildings, and much more.

The consequences of erosion are profound and require advanced planning to transition to being more prepared. Coastwise will involve working together in North Norfolk to develop nationally useful practical actions, plans and policy, funding and finance options.

Action needs to be taken now to explore how local authorities, communities, individuals, and national government can best work together to prepare and plan for coastal erosion.

The FAQs page here, along with some prepared questions could make a really useful resource for students to interrogate.

There's also a Photobook of examples.

And a film from Hemsby

Life on the Edge

 

New on iPlayer as of a few minutes ago is this 27 minute documentary on events at Hemsby on the Norfolk coast.

Worth a watch.

The residents of Hemsby don't want to leave, but their houses are on the edge of a cliff. This is their story of surving one of the most dramatic cases of UK coastal erosion.

Fieldwork through Enquiry 2nd Edition

Been waiting for this to be in stock for a while... 

It features a newly updated Norfolk coast section.

It is now available to order from the GA shop.

£20 for GA members.

Cromer work

For students to refer to...

Cromer Work by GeoBlogs on Scribd

What is Controlled Assessment?

Controlled Assessment forms part of your GCSE studies. It allows you to get ahead of the game, and secure a good percentage of your final mark before it comes to the written examination. The coursework guide which you were handed, and which is included in a previous post on this blog, provides the details on how to access these marks.

The new GCSE specifications are going to assess students in a slightly different way, so this is the last year of the 'old' Controlled Assessment.

It is important that you make the most of your time in the lessons between now and the hand in date, which will be outlined by your teachers. There is more detail in the Specification document if you, or your parents, would like to find out more.
Good luck with the creation of your finished piece of Controlled Assessment....

Options for mapping the coast

First of all, get hold of some maps of the coast to locate the various places that we visited on the fieldtrip.

Digital options:

- Digimap for Schools - we have a subscription to this service - this is the best option - ask your teachers for a login and password and you can create PDF maps

 - ArcGIS Online - also has analytical tools such as heat maps. For this you'll need to geo-locate your questionnaires

- Stamen: Watercolor and Toner maps - these provide a nice attractive map for front covers, but the Toner maps can also be useful for marking on data, or adding other features.

- Field Papers - produce your own atlas essentially....

Paper options

- Ordnance Survey maps are available in the department for most areas of the UK

There are also some more local maps of the coastline, including a useful map which takes OS data but produces a strip map which runs along the coast. These were for sale from shops in Cromer, so if you're planning to head back to finesse your data collection or get some more photos then keep an eye out for them.