Monday 5th October 2026 - Sea Wall, Coming to an End and It's Back

We were able to take a walk along the beach on Saturday morning and see how much sheet piling has been installed by the contractors.  It looks as though they’ve finished the first section, below the promenade, which you can see in the photo below.  We were also able to look at the area under the ramp, leading down on to the beach.  As you can see, from the second photo, there are some sizeable gaps under the ramp.  Early this morning, the contractors were back.  Shortly after, the promenade was closed again but before this, I was able to take a shot from the prom (third photo) showing a section of the new sheet piling and the gap between this and the sea wall (the gap will be filled with concrete). I doubt we will be able to see fully what they’ve achieved, over the coming days, until the end of the week.

Sheet Piling below the Promenade at the West End

 Gaps below the Ramp

Piling from the Promenade with Gaps to be Filled

The early autumn weather has been warm and sunny, with very little rain.  We have been watering the garden and so far, three of our seven water butts are now empty.  It looks as though change, to more seasonal weather, is not far away and by Wednesday, if the forecast is correct, we will see a drop in temperature and some rainfall.  The good weather has meant, I’ve been able to complete some tasks in the garden which I thought would become projects for sunny winter days.  These are days when although it may be cold, it’s still pleasant to be outside, so long as I’m wearing layers and keep moving.  Making the most of the weather, Peter will be BBQ’ing this evening; this will probably be the last of the season.  Neither of us like the darker mornings.  Awake, around six, we’ve stayed in bed until we hear the birds start to sing, signifying dawn, and then get up.  At the other end of the day, because it’s been so warm, we’re still able to eat dinner in our conservatory but need to turn on lights so as to see what we’re eating!

The spider who, after I introduced conkers in the conservatory, stopped appearing at sunset, is back.  My assumption, the conkers had resulted in it packing its bags and leaving were obviously wrong.  Also, this morning, there were webs again in our storm porch.  I wonder if it’s a case that, after a while, the conkers stop producing the chemical that is thought to repel or kills spiders.  As already mentioned, I’ll try splitting the conkers open and see what effect this has.