Done the resurvey and calculations and we can finally get the track at the required 1 in 7 gradient that the planners insist upon. The new line has a sharper bend and more revetting but uses a lot less aggregate - maybe as little as 75 tonnes, but probably more like 100 tonnes.
Also found another stash of washed up fish boxes - and a Little Tykes kid’s slide amongst the plastic waste we get washed up on the west of Gigha. Every west side beach has a problem with plastic waste and we have regular beach clean ups to keep the Twin beaches at the north end of the island clear. When we get moved down to Ardailly we’ll try to keep the beaches at the ‘bottom of the garden’ cleaned up ourselves. There is a beach artist called Claire McNiven who makes works from stuff she picks up her on Argyll’s beaches. Fascinating sculptures. By the way we’ve got 28 sandy beaches on our wee island - from most of which you can see otters if you’re there at the right time. Last week we even had one watching us watching it - it came out of the water and up to 5m away to take a look at us before going back to crunching crabs.
I was brought up on the Pembrokeshire coast and spent many happy hours beach-combing so it’s in the blood. In the 60s and 70s there were massive problems with oil pollution and tar on Pembrokeshire beaches which culminated in the Sea Empress disaster in the 90s. Thankfully not a problem here anymore. Jayne thinks my age is quite similar to my shoe size so this love of beach-combing for anything useful really is a throw back.
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