Going, Going, Gone? (National Trust, Birling Gap) Traditional Cache
Going, Going, Gone? (National Trust, Birling Gap)
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This cache is a 35mm film pot placed at ground level.
This cache has been placed close to Birling Gap National Trust (visit link)
I had intended it to be much nearer the cliffs but the NT wants to place a cache there soon.
Birling Gap is a lovely place to visit. Some people come for walks out in the fresh air, e.g. along the cliffs or on the beach, whilst others just stop off for a coffee and cake, etc, and have a look around the Visitor Centre.
My last visit (23 May 16) was to attend the National Trust's Flint Wall Building and Maintenance Course, run by the Flint Man. After the training, we each got the opportunity to repair parts of a flint wall.
I am rather proud of my work, although I may have heard the Flint Man sniggering when he assessed it.
Coastal erosion at Birling Gap (visit link) :
The chalk cliffs at Birling Gap erode by about two-thirds of a metre each year. But during the 2013/2014 winter storms seven years' worth of erosion took place in just a couple of months. As a result, the sun lounge and ice cream parlour, which stood perilously close to the fast-approaching cliff edge, were taken down. Following a large clean-up operation, the new visitor centre and learning centre opened in April 2014.
Now, a public consultation is getting underway to find out what the local community wants to see at Birling Gap. This is the first step towards designing a simple structure that can easily be taken down and re-built as an option for us to adapt to the eroding coastline.
An archaeological project at the Seven Sisters has started with the help of many volunteers to record the archaeology before it’s lost to coastal erosion, helping to give us a better understanding of this place’s history.
Going, Going, Gone:
This part of the coast is suffering significant erosion.
Look at the attached photos and post cards to see by how much.
There are more photos in the Visitor Centre and Café including a comparison of the coastline's erosion over the last 100 years.
Photos and Postcards:
Please feel free to upload any postcards, etc, that you may have that highlights the erosion over the years.
Also, feel free to upload any photos you may take of the area.
National Trust video: (visit link)
The cache:
As with most of mine, finding the cache shouldn't be too difficult.
DANGER:
Please don't be a Numpty by going close to the edge of the cliff.
Children, please remind the adult(s) in your geocaching team that if they fall over the edge of the cliff they may then be late home to cook your dinner.
That would be a very bad day! :-(
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