The powers that be at one point decided to lay sand to replace what had been taken after the Jubilee Pool was built; it was also noticed that after the Promenade profile was changed that shingle was collecting in the most volaitile manner. It took a while to realise that the Bay was continually on the move, and a lot of the shingle had come from Newlyn Quarry drift. It never ceases to amaze me how experts do not realise the power of nature. They spend days with calculators and theories, adding statistics that have no direct relevance, and all of a sudden ... its ... it s not supposed to do that ....
I remember talking to engineers (up country) and we had sorted out some structural damage, and wanted to improve things, we were told it won t happen for another hundred years ... it happened next year. Spare me from accountants, surveyors and bureaucrats... I read old reports and documents. Those details prove to me that nature does not work in one hundred year events .
Went down there a few years ago at low water, pipe still there with the edge of the shaft visible, intend to go down with a hoe and clear the weed and take a pic. Assumed the pipe was for water drainage.
That would be good, I had the idea myself, but I am not so sure my joints would allow such activity; the shaft was near 150 feet deep, constatly filling with sea water, despite the wall which was built up to sea level. The sea would pour in through crevices. I have a lot of digging to do yet to finalise the article.
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