Against the Tide

Living in Norfolk I am never too far from the sea, and erosion is a regular feature of local news programmes.

The Look East evening news programme mentioned a documentary that has been put together by the news team, exploring the region's issues with coastal erosion.

It's called 'Against the Tide' and can be viewed on ITVX.

Environment Agency video on the North Norfolk Coast

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