for the past 18 years, cara strom has woken up every morning wondering whether her home and her business, the blue anchor pub, would still be standing. at high tide, you could feel the waves inside, so you could feel not. the building wouldn t shake, but you would definitely be able to feel when it was hitting. recently installed huge boulders, rock armour, as it s known, should reduce the wave power and prevent the cliffs on this stretch of the west somerset coastline from collapsing. i ve said they ll fish me out of the bristol channel if they have to. i m not giving up, and i m really glad that i didn t give up. i never thought of giving up. not once. obviously, there are days, aren t there, when you think i m just not getting anywhere, nothing s ever going to be done. i m going to fall in the sea. i m going to have nothing. but i ve neverthought, oh, you know, it s not worth. it s not worth carrying on. luckily. winter s the most anxious time for those at risk from coastal erosio
with holiday caravans just metres away. but land slips can occur all year round. last spring, what was said to be the biggest in 60 years saw a major collapse on dorset s jurassic coastline. our foreshores are constantly changing to understand what forces to understand what forces are at play in reshaping them, researchers from the university of plymouth studied the cliffs, dunes and sands at perranporth on the north cornwall coast. this is ourfavourite beach. we ve come here already for 15 years and we survey the whole beach every month. the beach here is 3.5 kilometres long, and a severe winter storm can shift up to one million cubic metres of sand out to sea before summer tides bring it back again. the beach isn tjust popular with visitors, but it s essential to protect the town. the amount of sand that s on the beach determines how easily the town gets flooded.
winter s the most anxious time for those at risk from coastal erosion. here at sandy bay in east devon, a huge section of land fell away last week with holiday caravans just metres away. but land slips can occur all year round. last spring, what was said to be the biggest in 60 years saw a major collapse on dorset s jurassic coastline. our foreshores are constantly changing. to understand what forces are at play in reshaping them, researchers from the university of plymouth studied the cliffs, dunes and sands at perranporth on the north cornwall coast. this is ourfavourite beach. we ve come here already for 15 years and we survey the whole beach every month. the beach here is 3.5 kilometres long, and a severe winter storm can shift up to one million cubic metres of sand out to sea before summer tides bring it back again. the beach isn tjust popular with visitors, but it s essential to protect the town.
for the past 18 years, cara strom has woken up every morning wondering whether her home and her business, the blue anchor pub, would still be standing. at high tide, you could feel the waves inside, so you could feel not. the building wouldn t shake, but you would definitely be able to feel when it was hitting. recently installed huge boulders, rock armour, as it s known, should reduce the wave power and prevent the cliffs on this stretch of the west somerset coastline from collapsing. i ve said they ll fish me out of the bristol channel if they have to. i m not giving up, and i m really glad that i didn t give up. i never thought of giving up. not once obviously, there are days, aren t there, when you think i m just not getting anywhere, nothing s ever going to be done. i m going to fall in the sea. i m going to have nothing. but i ve neverthought, oh, you know, it s not worth. it s not worth carrying on. luckily. winter s the most anxious time for those at risk from coastal erosi
dangerous- from the water. it is still very dangerous. the from the water. it is still very dangerous. the winds - from the water. it is still very dangerous. the winds are - from the water. it is still very - dangerous. the winds are gusting away. we are up to hurricane force at the moment and it really is getting quite. i think we are now coming to the eye of it, to be fair. others had to leave their holiday caravans and take shelter inside. we don t know yet if our caravan is ok. it don t know yet if our caravan is ok. it could don t know yet if our caravan is ok. it could still don t know yet if our caravan is ok. it could still be there or be a pile of rubble it could still be there or be a pile of rubble. it is one or the other and we of rubble. it is one or the other and we are of rubble. it is one or the other and we are not allowed back on site so i and we are not allowed back on site so i think and we are not allowed back on site so i think it and we are not a