Image from the book 'Boring Postcards', as featured in the GeoLibrary.
Hopton is a resort near Lowestoft.
Over the winter, the fearsome and relentless Easterly winds which we had on the east coast have scoured and stripped away the sand from some beaches in the area.
However, some people suggest that there is another reason for the disappearing sands.
This could become a new alternative to the classic Mappleton case study, and the tale of Sue Earle...
I'm heading over there in the next few weeks to see what the impact of the weather has been
It's a reminder that the coast is an area that undergoes constant change: from the small changes with every tide, to the longer term changes, and the impact of humans.
Save Hopton Beach - has a Twitter feed, where they tweet a range of information relating to the fight to save the beach.
Download the document (PDF) from the Save Hopton Beach website.
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