Further progress at Hemsby
The home-made concrete blocks to help protect the dune base are progressing south along the beach from Hemsby Gap to Newport, funded by the site owner Geoffrey Watling Ltd. If this trial run proves to be successful, the £18,000 raised by Save Hemsby Coastline will be used to buy and install more blocks running all the way from Hemsby gap to Newport.
Funding is coming in, but not yet near enough to protect the full stretch North to Winterton-on-sea. With the blocks now costing £70 each, the money literally doesn’t stretch that far.
But the £18,000 raised by Save Hemsby Coastline could be used to buy and install more blocks running all the way from Hemsby gap to Newport, and if this trial run proves to be successful Great Yarmouth Council and Hemsby Borough will add to this. Donations are still coming in, with one anonymous very generous benefactor leaving for the organisers a plain brown paper envelope containing £1,000.
