Well Autumn arrived today after one of the driest Septembers on record. A stark contrast to the last 30 days or so. It was blowing a gale this morning around Tividale and the puddles were forming around the John’s Lane area.
Flooded Lane John
Rain on the lens!
It used to be the case that you could gauge the water levels by the dividing causeway path, but after last years tinkering it’s more difficult. I would estimate however as a long time visitor that the levels are at their lowest for some years. The re-profiled path is much broader than the old one, but the raising of the sediments via the geotextile and the sand added have resulted in less water in the main lagoon than ever before.
ruddy weather
The best indicator of the plunging levels is offered by the newest feature at the beleaguered site- the rattlechain pier, still firing water cannon at seagulls from the smaller uncapped contaminated lagoon.
The following is a comparison taken from April/May just this year, which shows just how the conniving froggies at Trinity Street have allowed the smaller lagoon to empty- but for what purpose?
April 19th 2014
Today
Couldn’t see “the colander” back in May
Why let it go low?
The North embankment area has started to form a shingle beachy area, and it can also be seen how the levels have declined at the edge to reveal the sandy underbelly.
Sunny days
Come again another day- overgrowth