Wednesday 5th March 2025 - Another Email, Cobwebs & Dust and Cadent

blue sIn response to the last email from Coastal Management (CM); on Sunday I replied (see below).  I have not received any further communications from CM and that includes the summary document; but then it is only Wednesday.

Hi xxxx,

Thank you for your email.

An earlier removal of slump material from the promenade, containing Japanese Knotweed, was deposited at the east end of the promenade; an area where contractors store their machinery etc.  Recently this has been removed with a knotweed specialist present.   

I appreciate there is a considerable amount more to come down off the cliffs and the removal of this would be ongoing, over a period of time.  However, is it an option for the specialists to return and supervise the removal of the current slump and what is bound to happen, further slump material, all containing knotweed?

Currently, one part of the slump is not far off either falling into the sea or being washed in during the next high spring tide.   This could result in the knotweed being taken further down the coast.  This leaves me with a couple of questions.  Will salt water kill the knotweed, in which case it could be directly disposed of into the sea and as it is edible by humans, maybe marine life would consume it.  Is it worth seeking independent advice to determine whether knotweed can survive in salt water?

I hope you had a good weekend and were able to enjoy the early spring sunshine.

Kind regards,

Janet 

The weather, since my last blog, continues to be sunny with blue skies.  Over the last couple of days, it’s been cold first thing but come late morning it has definitely warmed up.  Yesterday morning, I decided to give the shed a spring clean.  With so much stored inside I don’t completely empty the shed.  Instead, I move a minimal number of items outside and then transfer the rest from one side to the other, clearing the cobwebs and general dust as I go.  Over the next couple of days, I will retrieve the bench cushions from the roof space and put these back in the shed.  It is dry and mouse free in the roof space, something which cannot be guaranteed in the shed, over the winter months.

Cadent, have been in the village installing new gas piping.  The works, so far, have extended along the Cromer Road, down Pauls Lane, as far as Hillingdon Park and then into Hillingdon Park.  The High Street, from the sign garden (what a mess this is) down to the junction with Harbord Road is now closed.  All this work and expense, when I thought the Government wants the country to move to renewable energy!  I have looked at Cadent’s website which indicates work will continue from the Cromer Road, along the Mundesley Road until mid-May.

Today’s photo was taken as we walked to Northrepps, looking back down the path.  The trees have yet to burst forth into leaf but their branches against the blue skies, show off what is in effect, their skeletons.