On another bright morning, in preparation for tomorrow’s booked slot in the recycling centre, I carried the next batch of garden refuse bags to the far end of the back drive. We then drove to the pharmacy at Milford on Sea to collect repeat prescriptions, and back along the coast road.
A number of walkers were enjoying our sunny spell. (The lone woman was photographed by Jackie).
Serious erosion continues to pare away at the cliffs. The gentleman in the yellow jacket here was my informant on the subject of the ongoing
sea defence work being undertaken by Earlcote. The huge blocks of stone being transported by a fleet of container trucks, grabbed, and released into place by powerful equipment have been shipped all the way from Norway. These photographs are the result of my collaboration with the Assistant Photographer who is credited appropriately in the gallery titles.
I didn’t have anything to do with this one.
We continued inland to South Sway Lane to collect three bags of horse manure which I later added to the compost bins. In these times of Covid we were both pleased to note that we have not lost our senses of smell.
The far end of the field opposite now holds a horse and foal. The mare kept her back turned, so I couldn’t tell whether it was Gimlet or not.
We filled up with petrol at Loaders Garage in Bashley, where I photographed a vintage car for the amusement of my American readers, one of whom may be able to identify the vehicle.
This evening we dined on another sitting of Jackie’s splendid lamb jalfrezi, turmeric tinted boiled rice, and plain paratha, with which she drank Hoegaarden and I drank more of the Malbec.
Magnificent photos again, {{{Derrick}}} and {{{Jackie}}} <3 Thank you! I love the close up of the "jaws" grabbing thos huge rocks! What a project!! Have a Wonderful Wednesday, my friends. Hugs to you both!
Very many thanks from us both, Jan X
Love the sky –
The silhouettes And the camera man in action!!
Thanks very much, Yvette.
I never imagined that one country would import rocks from another!
There are many more from Norway further along the coast. It is amazing. Thanks very much, Anne.
Great beach photos! It’s good to see the boulders being placed to stop that erosion. The car looks like a Cadillac, based on the emblem on the front bumper.
Well spotted, John. Thank you very much.
You are welcome, sir! My family has been in the auto business for decades, my father loves his antique cars too!
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I like your “working” post today. The crane and the ability to move about the boulders is impressive.
I thought so, too, Cindy. Thank you very much
Wonder what the shipping costs were to get those quarried rocks from Norway? Also I agree with John, that is a Cadillac. Interesting to note the New Jersey “Historic” license plate. Several states have those available, in my state Indiana, if your vehicle is of an old enough age, you can get the antique plate, good for life. Only catch is you can only drive it on public roads to and from organized shows or road tours. Thus you don’t see that many of them in Indiana.
Thanks very much, Maj. I thought you would know about the car. Norway may have given us a discount. We have a gift of a Christmas tree every year in Trafalgar Square in recognition of WW2
Lovely photos! I particularly like the moody monochromes.
Thanks very much, Sheree
A fun outing, from the looks of it. Neat shots of the sea defence rock work. Thanks for notes about interesting things, Derrick.
Thank you very much, Cynthia
“In these times of Covid we were both pleased to note that we have not lost our senses of smell.” LOL! That’s a good thing, Derrick. I’m glad to see they’re working to prevent erosion.
Thanks very much, Jill. I’m pleased you got that 🙂
Lots of wonderful photos by you and the assistant photographer. I like her photo of you. Like Jill, I laughed at your remark about your sense of smell. Isn’t it funny what Covid has done?
It’s a shame about the erosion.
Thank you so much for these comments, Merril.
You’re very welcome, Derrick.
Marvelous black and whites, Derrick. The rocks are very impressive and so is the machinery moving them.
Thank you so much, Dolly.
My pleasure, Derrick.
Are the boulders going to the bottom of the cliff?
It looks like that, Tootlepedal. I’ll keep watching. Thanks very much.
I hope it works.
Great post Derrick amd awesome pics!
Thanks very much, Gary
Wow Derrick, the ancient Egyptians would be impressed with size of those stone blocks, but they didn’t have the use of giant machinery to build their monuments…!!
Quite so, Ivor. Thanks very much.
Very subtle, droll, olfactory comment. Pity the ship bringing the Norwegian rocks could not simply have tipped them overboard – but of course, it would have been shipwrecked in the process. But the large loads must have required quite some logistic planning on your narrow roads.
As others have said, your car is a Cadillac. I would venture to say it is the last of the shape up to 1940, except that the badge is on the bumper bar (fender).
https://www.allcollectorcars.com/classic-cars-for-sale/cadillac/1940/
You’ve nailed it, Gwen. Thanks very much.
Beautiful photos! What a serious work is going on there!
Thank you very much, Ribana. The cliffs here are steady eroding.
Wow – juggernauts, monoliths and big stuff! Thank you for sharing Derrick!
Thanks very much, Val
Wonderful photography sir.
Thank you very much, Gary
Okay, I forgive you for the dreaded L word that came up in the conversation, because you showed us a big piece of equipment, moving really big stuff, made me guffaw at your ‘no loss of smell’ comment and showed us some nice horses again. Hugs to you folks.
Thank you so much, Yvonne X
Rocks from Norway. Makes you wonder how they ever managed to build Stonehenge…
🙂 Thanks a lot, Quercus
Good to see you looking well – Jackie does a good job on your portraits. 🙂
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I’m not usually interested in powerful equipment or machinery moving things, but your photos made this equipment interesting. You have a great sense of perspective. I enjoyed the silhouettes. And that is one handsome foal.
Thank you very much, Joanna.
I wish them good luck in preventing further erosion of the cliffs. That is a long way to transport rock, especially ones of those size!
I am glad you have not lost your sense of smell. 🙂 Being a regular photographer of pigs in pannage season, you probably understand when I say that I find pig manure to be one of the most aromatic manures out there. I grew up down the road from a backyard farmer who had a few pigs. 🙂
What a pong, Lavinia. 🙂 Thank you very much.
Those are some very impressive rocks! I hope they do the job they’re intended to.
Indeed, Liz. I hope so, too. Thanks very much
You’re welcome.
There must be something special about Norwegian rocks, reminiscent of the Viking spirit. The monochrome images are excellent, especially the opening shot in the gallery. The vintage car, to my untrained eye, is a GM Cadillac.
That is the general opinion on the Cadillac, Uma. In fact I chose to put that into B/W because of the period. Thanks very much.
That comment about manure and sense of smell made me chuckle.
Thanks very much, Laurie 🙂
Did you see how they got them down the slope to the sea?
No – but I will follow progress, John. Thanks a lot.
Those rocks are amazing. Stay safe and keep your sense of smell, I am constantly asking my kids, when they feel a bit peaky, if everything tastes life cardboard.
The curry sounds brilliant!!
Thanks very much Sarah May
Wow! Just look at the size of those rocks! I would have loved to been there and the watched the activity.
What a fascinating article today, thank you.
Thank you as well, Sue
Yes, still being able to smell the good smells and the not-so-good smells is a HUGE plus these days! 🙂
The rocks are amazing!
Love the photography work of your Assistant Photographer!
Oh, the vintage car is cool! But I do not know it’s name. I wonder if GP would know it?!
(((HUGS))) 🙂
PS…we’ve been having internet struggles all of yesterday…and not sure it’s even working right, still. 🙁
These comments have come through OK. The general concuss is the the car is a Cadillac – 1940. Thanks very much from us both, Carolyn X
The internet kept going in and out and mostly out. Got it fixed this morning. YAY!
Thanks for sharing the name of the car with me. 🙂
Good.
You certainly had something for everyone in this post! Ponies for me, a Cadillac for the other Americans, conservation for many of us, etc. Great job, my friend!!
Thank you very much indeed, GP
An intresting day. It amazes me the ditches cut around our edge of town since 2013. The last few have became especially bad since a neighbor down the rainfall stream tried to dam up his place which is more of a flood area than us. Now our lawn is a lake when a big rain happens.
Not good
No it is not.
Thanks very much, Mrs W
Your welcome.
Wow! Those are some big rocks! Erosion never stops it seems. Love the old car… No idea what it is!!:>)
I have now learned that it is a Cadillac c1940 – thanks to my readers. Thanks very much, Dwight
Interesting!
I am undecided about sea defences. In Yorkshire they have abandoned it because protecting one place from erosion simply exposes another to danger.
Interesting. Thanks a lot, Andrew
Excellent action shots – from both of you. : )
Thanks very much, Widders
Yess… familiar rocks 🙂
Thanks very much, Rupali
Wow i didnt know that could be done with rocks from somewhere else.
Beautiful photos as always
Thank you so much, More
You’re very welcome
Those are pretty impressive rocks — I hope they help with the erosion before the man in the yellow jacket falls down that gully in the eroded cliff! They tried a similar cure for beach erosion near here — the environmentalists were upset because the rocks caused the beach sand to move away with the current, so they had to undo the fix!
Thanks very much, Janet. This has been done further along the coast, too. here’s not much sand on these beaches anyway.