January 14th - Report.

Hi all. Just an update after the horrific weather with high winds we had together with the high tide surge which punched down the North Sea coast... I have to report further damage to the lower cliff area which has been in direct contact with the crashing high tide waves. The upper area of the cliff that was protected with the special netting has survived the onslaught and is still intact - this is dispite the 49mm of gale driven rain we had on the 12th... This is a sad time as a lot of the work which was done on the lower cliff area during the summer has been undone - all for the want of a few groynes which would have built up the beach so the waves did not crash against the cliff...
As the four old groynes we had on this beach were maliciously destroyed - to make garden furniture - the situation on the erosion of the lower cliff has been accelerated. New groynes would be a saving grace to the lower cliff area - as long as the garden furniture merchant kept his hands off....