Meanwhile continued .....
back in the workshop we spent Midnight to 2AM bailing out where the rain came in UNDER THE WALLS!. Due to have another storm come through again tonight. Wellies on again.  I wonder how the Jurassic coast is fareing?  Has it withstood the storms?

• The Environment Agency issued a severe flood warning - meaning "danger to life" - in Weymouth, Dorset, where the public were advised to avoid the "extremely dangerous" Preston Beach area.

But had they got wet enough? Apparently Not.-

Christmas Day harbour swim held

Hundreds of swimmers take part in Dorset's annual Christmas Day swim across Weymouth Harbour.

26 December 2013 Last updated at 12:35
More gales and heavy rain are set to hit the UK as the Environment Agency warns of further significant disruption from floods in southern England. Many rivers remain swollen after storm damage caused power cuts and travel delays. More than 50 flood warnings are in place for England and Wales. About 1,000 homes in south-east and south-west England have been flooded.

Britain braced for more storms

Britain is preparing for more heavy rain and 70mph winds as the Environment Agency warns of further significant disruption from flooding in parts of southern England.

 

 

Thought for the day:- We may try to defend the coast from the sea but we can't stop the water coming out of the sky.

AND YET........?

AND YET........?

days between me and the festive season are rapidly eroding,

Mr Putins hold on the Arctic 30 is slipping away,

and so is Santas home at the North Pole.

But you can't see the satirical Christmas card  I've posted in here, so you'll have to get it from -

www.greenpeace.org.uk

P.S. To remind your family and friends of the beauty of the Arctic and the threats it faces, why not send them a special Christmas card this year? Click here for beautiful, funny and exclusive Christmas cards designed by people who care about the Arctic from all over the world. Like this one by cartoonist Seppo:

Nothing to do with erosion

Things are looking up for artists in 2014. Maybe the recession is over?

Erosion spotting without an off road vehicle

Back at the workshop again, I spotted this eroding gold. I am fairly certain this erosion is caused by extreme weather conditions in the workshop and not by mice or rabbits. However, it is possible that the decay has been exacerbated by post jurassic woodlice and silver fish.

These are useful when erosion spotting!

Evaluating coastal erosion using art

A blog about using historical art to monitor coastal erosion
http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2009/01/02/evaluating-coastal-erosion-using-art/

Is this what the sign below means?

No bouncing on the ancient monuments

Sacrilege - Jeremy Deller’s inflatable Stonehenge

But what does it mean?

I can't remember where I took this photo but I couldn't work out what it meant at the time. Still can't. Any suggestions?

And a protected building...

Evidence

The evidence is growing all the time.

Evidence 1

Evidence 50

Evidence 2 

 Evidence 3

Final Evidence

Mind How You Go: Under wraps

Mind How You Go: Under wraps: A new scheme to protect the Jurassic Coast is tested at Burton Bradstock. See earlier post.

Wow! This is such a brilliant idea I'm amazed no one has thought of it before! I do wonder, however, if a larger sample experiment might be required, even for a pilot project. Or would that involve too much red tape?

P.S. Have you tried bubble wrap? J

Under wraps

A new scheme to protect the Jurassic Coast is tested at Burton Bradstock. Scientists wait with tentative anticipation for signs of success.

New fossil find on Dorset coast baffles the experts.

Mice and giant rabbits cause of erosion

Your mice problems have reminded me of the giant rabbits we spotted on Tennyson Down, Isle of Wight. I hope Richard (DeDomenici) knows about them as they could scupper the rocket idea to push the moon out of orbit. It just seems so logical that the giant rabbits are indeed responsible for erosion along the Jurassic coast.

Meanwhile back at the workshop...

Lovely to see all the photos Jeff's posted- we've had such beautiful light on our visits to the coast. It takes my breath away. Meanwhile it's been a grey day at the workshop and I'm now on mouse watch. Erosion has created our very own Durdle Door in the back door. Mice, coming in from the cold, have managed to eat their way into a Chardonay wine box. Fortunately it wasn't very full, but they've obviously brought in all their mates, found an opened packet of peanuts and partied hard all over my workshop. Suprisingly I managed to catch one in a waste paper basket - must have been the wine slowed him up.

Love the Flake and the Cinder Toffee. I can see I have some catching up to do.
Have just unearthed some collections of materials from previous site specific residencies.  Soil and stones, foliage and found objects. I'd packed them away in petrie dishes like exhibits. Scientists tools? Museum samples? Experiments? Snapshots in 3D?

 I'm finding it very hard to THOW THEM AWAY!

Random artifacts

For reference

Fossil hunter- speedos and bare feet are not recommended attire for hunting fossils.

                   Biscuits will be essential to the project.  

Walk from Burton Bradstock to West Bay...and back

Bright, sharp, crisp winters day. Joining a Saturday throng of dogwalkers, hikers, ramblers, cyclists and coffee drinkers at Burton Bradstock Beach. Walk to West Bay over the top and along the beach noting rock falls and visitors climbing on rock falls!

Mind how you go? Yes, there are plenty of things to trip you up when trying to get a Google account set up. My, how they do send one the long way round! Or perhaps it's my internet compass that's not up to the job? I'm here now though. What is there to see? Where shall we go next? Are we nearly there yet?

Soil samples

Tennyson Down, Isle of Wight

Walk over Tennyson Down before delivering DIY Fracking Kit to Quay Arts Centre.

The DIY Fracking Kit on show at the Duet Exhibition, Quay Arts, Isle of Wight

Saw this

Dump bin as possible display container?

Which could become this?

Random dinosaurs

Dorchester Museum

Display references. I fancy putting something of ours into one of the cabinets.

DA DA - Day 0ne - Artists at work, Chesil

 We love this place. Pity we have to go to a meeting.  Rule 1.-All future meetings should be in coastal cafes.