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Author: Sandra

Beware the Storm Surge

20th January 2021 Sandra

Flood events around Britain’s coastline are not uncommon.  Tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Moon.  When the…

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Posted in: Britain - General, Weather Filed under: flooding, storm, tides

A Unique Habitat

18th January 2021 Sandra

The north-west coasts of Scotland and Ireland contain a habitat found nowhere else on the planet – machair. Machair is…

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Posted in: Ireland, Scotland, Vegetation Filed under: ecosystem, habitat, machair, sand dunes

A Very High Tide?

13th January 2021 Sandra

In November 1099, the sea swamped 40 hamlets in the area around St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall, as well as flooding…

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Posted in: Britain - General, Coasts Filed under: coast, flooding, storm

Bethlehem

11th January 2021 Sandra

O, little town of Bethlehem… You perhaps sang those words at some point over the Christmas period.  Time has moved…

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Posted in: Tourism, Wales Filed under: services, settlement, tourism

St Michael’s Mount

6th January 2021 Sandra

Off the south coast of Cornwall is St Michael’s Mount, a rocky, tidal island topped by a castle.  At low…

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Posted in: Coasts, South West Filed under: coast, flood, flooding, island, sea, sea level

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