Wood Chips and Valentine's

A further update to my previous post about the wood piles on Worthing beach, which were caused by the sinking of the Ice Prince off the coast of Dorset in January. The tides carried the cargo of wood in a long slick of floating timber which was a hazard to shipping onto the beaches of Sussex - go here to read the conclusion

For Valentine's day Tony gave me a book called "The Last of The Horsemen" (all about the last farm still using horses instead of machines) and I bought a bunch of red roses for us to share(on offer in T's).

Sunshine and Promenade

Saturday: Em went to a Mardi Gras sleepover with the Guides.

We went for a drive down to Littlehampton, walked along the harbour front and spent time watching the boating activity. The sun was warm on our faces but the wind was cold, the views were beautiful.

Later we drove along to Worthing for a walk along the beach to see how much of the wood was still awaiting clearance. Quite a lot of wood is still there although it has now been gathered up into huge heaps at the top of the beach. Almost the full length of Worthing beach is fenced off to keep the public out of the way of the big diggers working to clear the wood.

We walked along to the pier and on the way stopped at the former Lido, looking back at the machines sifting the beach for wood. On our return walk we noticed the Parks department are redesigning and replanting the gardens at the end of Heene Road. This photo was taken in the summer of 1998, it will be interesting to see the finished garden this summer and how it will compare to the old gardens.

Sunday: Collected Em, she had a lovely time. Yesterday - they did High School Musical karoke, went out into the woods exploring and other activities, in the evening they visited each others rooms and went to bed around 11pm! today they had a Mardi Gras party after breakfast.