#625: Angie Lewin: 'Plants and Places'

Angie Lewin's prints are usually of natural forms, particularly inspired by coastal locations. She has produced quite a lot of work over the years, and continues to be productive and creative, with prints, home furnishings and fabrics, greetings cards and other items. 

She has also been involved in the creation of a few books of her work. 

I have a copy of Angie's book 'Plants and Places' on my shelves, and other bits of her work.

I also own one of her limited edition etching prints. 

It's one of her sea plant prints and sits on the wall in my lounge. 

#624: Scolt Head Island

I recently spent an overnight at the White Horse at Brancaster Staithe. 

It's recommended as a hotel to stay in.

The pub has a marsh bar down by the salt marsh. From there you can see the low hills of Scolt Head Island.

Scolt Head Island lies just off the North Norfolk Coast.

This would make a great field study location for coastl ecosystems work and investigations.

Baz Scampion has created this website about the island.

The island is accessible by ferry.

The island is a National Nature Reserve, which limits the activity that can take place there. A good example of landscape management.

Image: Sea lavender on the salt marsh at Brancaster Staithe.

#536: Beach Pebble Guide

Came across a cracking little guide to the pebbles on the beaches of Scotland (in particular) by the Scottish Geology Trust.

It's a free PDF download from this link.

Scottish Geology Trust ©2021 This work is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence. 

#221: Making Space for Sand

Making Space for Sand is a project I was made aware of recently. Sand Dunes are an important habitat, but they face a number of threats.

The ‘Building Community Resilience on a Dynamic Coastline by Making Space for Sand’ project (also known as Making Space for Sand or MS4S) is one of 25 national projects funded by DEFRA as part of the £200 million Flood and Coastal Innovation Programme (FCRIP). 

The programme will drive innovation in flood and coastal resilience and adaptation to a changing climate.

The project website has an excellent section outlining the formation of Sand Dunes, particularly within the located context of Cornwall.

Sand Dunes are an important part of the coastal defences in the locations where they are found. I am particularly familiar with the dunes on the North Norfolk Coast at places like Holkham. 

I've previously carried out fieldwork on those dunes with both GCSE and 'A' level students, and also 

Atkins has provided GIS support and created some visualisations of future landscapes.