Post Storm Arwen Pt 1; beachride around JMCP...

 

After a bit of a sleepless Friday evening as the world out side was wild as the storm raged we woke to thankfully no damage to property or cars, no power cut and even still had internet connection...                As the day went on local social media was full of reports of others less unfortunate with property damaged and trees blown down...

The winds had resumed to usual 15 mph gusts so with G working I had a quick solo cycle to JMCP and was greeted to a low tide beach covered in an inch of water and sea foam, never seen this before here and along the side of the Biel burn the sand was wet and soft to a depth of 5 or 6 inches and I had to use all my power in 1st gear to get through the soft sections, definitely would have been near impossible on a 4" tyre Fatbike, again I have never seen conditions like this here....

Out across east side of the saltmarsh I headed for Spike Island point,  I could see some trees blown over across the salt marsh on my left at Hedderwick plantation, but until I got home and was online i saw photos of the devastation with reports of around 80%  of the trees blown over, will go over on Monday for a look...

Today was a stunning day with low winter sun, despite the soft wet sand which was more of than usual before the point at Spike Island...

Around the point where most of the logs here were covered by blown sand i made my way down Belhaven beach taking care to watch out for any Seals that could be washed up exhausted from the storm and can be covered in blown sand, thankfully i never came across any but saw a few seabirds sitting, I leave all birdlife alone as they would be back in the water if they could, and obviously needed to rest...

 The sea was a cauldron of foaming tumbling surf and was loud...

Return of shadow man after a few grey days....

Will go look around Hedderwick plantation next cycle and see the damage caused...

Wee film from around the Point, Song is `More` by The Crystal Method...

More soon...