Imagine a bank of boulders stretching 13km long, 240m wide at low tide, and all put in neatly in place by the power of the wind, water and tide. The boulder bank has been formed from granodiorite boulders moved southwest from MacKay Bluff during northerly storms, in what is called “long shore drift”. This amazing natural phenomenon is an international significant coastal landform and there are very few other examples worldwide. Worthy of a visit, we thought, to view such an interesting sight. The bank stretched as far as the eye could see into the distance, with the sea on one side, and the estuary on the shoreward side. We couldn’t stay at the Boulder Bank Scenic Reserve too long though, Why? Because right next door was a very smelly sewage plant. What a pong!
The boulder bank
Previously we had visited the local recycling centre, which seemed to have an enormous amount of household bits and pieces all for sale very cheaply. Nothing there really took my fancy, except this rather strange looking Land Waka, a bicycle built for a crowd.
Fancy a ride?
Felix the Ragdoll cat came visiting today. His owners had spotted our cat Muffy across the camp and brought their cat over to meet us. Felix is two years old and is a fine looking cat indeed. But his mind wasn’t on making polite conversation to strangers, and all he really wanted to do was go back to his own caravan and curl up for a snooze.
Muffy meeting Felix the Ragdoll
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We have a stretch of coastline similar to that called Chesil beach here in Dorset 29km long! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesil_Beach
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