RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted September 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 27, 2020 43 minutes ago, J. S. Bach said: Why the concrete? This is the widest part of the promenade. The shingle beach is stacked against the concrete promenade by contractors a couple of times a year. The shingle gets washed from the middle of the beach to the ends. At the eastern end there is a substantial breakwater and at the western end it is protected by the larger breakwater that surrounds the entrance to Newhaven Harbour. The contractors dig the shingle from the ends, convey it in large dumper trucks to the central area where it is compacted and shaped by bulldozers. This is apparently more cost effective than replacing the series of groynes that were there previously. At that time the beach was lower. The shingle bank is in effect our seawall. As the promenade and the shingle beach are the same height for much of the seafront there is no need for the railings one often finds along promenade edges. There is only a small wall between the back of the promenade and the Marine Drive roadway, along most of the sea front. At the point this was taken from, the road rises up and over the end of a hill. There is a retaining seawall at this point, which can just be seen to the right of the photo, with some of the very expensive beach huts in front of it. The shingle can be washed right up to the wall and sometimes across the road along the flatter bits. There is another low (+/- 3ft) wall on the other side of the road which helps to protect seafront houses from water and shingle. You can see the eastern end and the overall view, with the breakwater, in these photos. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 On 21/04/2014 at 21:28, coachmann said: I know why I lived in England......I had no choice in the matter. Photos in Wales would be off-topic.... Why? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 A bright day, and the wife out for lunch and a natter so I thought I’d take the bike out to charge the battery. On the old A1, near Conington 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 47137 Posted October 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 7, 2020 The East Anglian Transport Museum is open again and we went along on 24th September. This is at Carlton Coalville, just outside Lowestoft and it really is well worth a visit. It was our second outing to a heritage site this year ... the first was the Middy on New Year's Day! - Richard. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold DaveF Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2020 Blyth, Northumberland South beach yesterday morning. David 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted October 8, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 8, 2020 10 hours ago, 47137 said: The East Anglian Transport Museum is open again and we went along on 24th September. This is at Carlton Coalville, just outside Lowestoft and it really is well worth a visit. It was our second outing to a heritage site this year ... the first was the Middy on New Year's Day! - Richard. One of my favourite museums. Hope to go next year and take in the Long Shop Museum at Leiston on the way. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted October 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2020 Up above the streets and houses... 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthBrit Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Afternoon tea in the railway carriages, Bellingham Heritage Centre, at Bellingham, Northumberland. The station was a main one on the Border Counties Railway run by the North British Railway Company. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I went to the tyre place today. The ongoing demolition and redevelopment of the area South of Town Bridge has opened up a short-lived vista across the river and adjoining water meadow, to the Cathedral and even the Art Deco concrete of the Lido. It won’t last, Town Bridge will be crammed with concrete and glass soon enough but it’s a rare treat while it lasts. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 5 hours ago, NorthBrit said: Afternoon tea in the railway carriages, Bellingham Heritage Centre, at Bellingham, Northumberland. The station was a main one on the Border Counties Railway run by the North British Railway Company. We stopped off there last year when we were out on the bikes. I seem to recall that the refreshments were excellent and the staff very friendly. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted October 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2020 A glorious autumn day today.... and Croome Park at its best 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 This is the view from my back room window (which is all I am going to be seeing for another week, being in self isolation): 6 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Isambarduk Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) And the view from my 'den' window that, along with the view from my workshop; I shall be seeing a lot more of now with the forced Lockdown in (Mid) Wales: David Edited October 24, 2020 by Isambarduk spelling mistake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted October 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2020 Another Monday walk .... Berrington Hall today, glorious weather again... 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Autumn colours, Rutland Water 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted October 26, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 26, 2020 (edited) On the way to the shops Edited October 26, 2020 by phil_sutters Additional caption 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted October 27, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2020 17 hours ago, phil_sutters said: On the way to the shops Thought the anglers were looking hardy..... then the bathers hove in to view! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 4630 Posted November 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 11, 2020 Lockdown stillness in Brighouse on the 8th November 2020. Even the wildlife that's normally in and around Brighouse Basin appears to have self-isolated at the time of my visit. Image taken from Wharf Street - Bridge No 8 looking west for anyone curious. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted November 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) Last week I went round to the west of Newhaven when I saw that the waves were looking dramatic. Enjoying the drama was however tinged with sadness, in 2013 a fourteen-year-old boy, playing with friends at dusk, fell into the sea in this area and was swept out by the stormy waves. The Newhaven lifeboat spent many hours trying to find him in the darkness, but without success. The conditions were so bad that the lifeboat was damaged. Their heroism is the best of British. My second photo was taken the day after he was lost. Edited November 12, 2020 by phil_sutters 6 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 47137 Posted November 13, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 13, 2020 It is difficult to know how to best follow a sad post but we went to Green Island Gardens near Colchester yesterday. Fairy house, walls built between tree stumps: Autumn colours: Neither of us had been before and we took care to look at only a part, so there is more to see for another trip. At the moment, the tea room is closed but the gardens and toilets are open. https://www.greenislandgardens.co.uk - Richard. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2020 Another Monday with a window of decent weather. The Malverns beckoned.... 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Market65 Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2020 Well, back on Monday, 2nd November, I went to Scarborough. There was a shower which lead to this view of a rainbow over the south bay. Best regards, Rob. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killybegs Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Phil Bullock said: Another Monday with a window of decent weather. The Malverns beckoned.... Ooh, you lucky chap. Haven't been up the Malverns for a few years. Weather here is grim at the moment, not that we are allowed to go anywhere! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2020 2 minutes ago, Killybegs said: Ooh, you lucky chap. Haven't been up the Malverns for a few years. Weather here is grim at the moment, not that we are allowed to go anywhere! We are allowed out for personal exercise with our own bubble! Looking at rainfall radar this morning saw you folks were copping a load of precipitation.... Stay safe John. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Phil Bullock Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, Killybegs said: Ooh, you lucky chap. Haven't been up the Malverns for a few years. Weather here is grim at the moment, not that we are allowed to go anywhere! And many happy childhood memories of trips there.... usually followed by a visit to “The Kettle Sings”. Anyone who hasn’t been there... it’s on the west side of the hills along Jubilee Drive. The views are stunning....when I took SWMBO there recently the Red Arrows flew past at our level. As a child the game was to wait for the steam of a train leaving Colwall to be visible then to dash out to the car and get over the hills to see it burst out of the tunnel at Malvern.... happy days 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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