Low Sand .....

With a nice bright afternoon ahead of me, I had a desire for a sail on the sea and a beach wander. Unfortunately the sailing part was not going to be some old wooden hulled ship, at full sail ready to take me wonderful seagoing adventures around the world, it was instead a brief crossing on the LaHave Ferry.

To do this, I drove into Bridgewater crossed the Iron Bridge, drove down the other side ~ Upper Lahave, Middle Lahave, East Lahave and just before Lower Lahave, I got on the ferry for the 6 minute crossing, it was great. I could easily be described as being like a kid locked in overnight in a wine gum factory when I am on the ferry ...

You can read about my lifelong desire to sail the seas, by clicking on the image below ...

My first stop on this side (of the river) was at Crescent Beach. With the tide high and still coming in, it was either get wet feet or turn back, so I did the latter, having walked only half the beach. I then went off to continue my wander at Rissers, which was really nice and deserted

Low Sand …

This winter we have had a couple of really windy storms with warnings of high tidal surges, I think it was only during the past couple of weeks that we had our last one. After they have passed, I have noticed very low sand levels on all the local beaches. Today at Rissers where there was usually deep sand, there was now rocks I have never seen before. The sand levels must easily be down about five to six feet, the whole landscape (or should it be sandscape or beachscape) has been completely altered.

A photo from almost the same spot taken on December 31st, 2018 ...

No more stepping onto the beach from here ...