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Felixstowe
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Felixstowe Ferry 14 July 2006
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The rock groynes at Felixstowe Ferry have, in their northern reaches at least, been made redundant, by the growth of the spit on the southern bank of the River Deben. |
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A few metres to the South, beyond the protection of the spit, the groynes do the work they were built for. |
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A large lagoon divides the spit from the sea front, and is showing signs of trapping soil-like material in its slack waters. |
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The end of the spit is recurving and the left and right hand shots show the shingle formations at this point. The centre photo illustrates mud-like deposits. Will vegetation follow? |
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The end of the spit grows with every wave, and you can see it happening in real time! The centre photograph provides an overview of the shingle spit. |
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A fair sea was running, and new defences are showing their worth. The navigation buoy shows just how close to shore the channel is, and with shifting shingle banks and a north-easterly, this is an entrance that must command respect! |
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Some shots of the new rip rap defences, and a look southwards at the Martello Tower with well-established shingle in front of its sea wall. |
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Rip rap now fronts the established concrete sea wall defences of Felixstowe. |
A rock groyne .. and the engulfing spit! |
The end of the spit - and a freighter leaving the port of Felixstowe. |
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A pleasure beach of shingle .... groynes, sea walls and concrete mattresses!
Traditional sea wall defences and traditional beach huts! |
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To access the northern arm of the shingle banks you have to walk by a sheet-piling defence, which defines the channel in places. |
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On the Bawdsey shore there has been some colonisation beyond the sheet-piling. The right-hand pair of shots show a fair sea moving the shingle beach to the South .. with Bawdsey Manor prominent in the centre photo. |
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The spit and the land beyond. Accumulations of white sea shells make a strand-line |
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