anyone noticed

[jondav]

has anyone noticed that in the past decade or so ,we dont seem to get the gales,we usedto have here on the south wales coast,bad for beach detecting.one time we,d get a strong blow a feww times a week in autumn.now their quite rare.sand has built up everywhere

[coleggwent(phil)]

get your spade out mate  dont know dont do it on the beeches

[mel]

I think it's the calm before the storm    ( look out)

[Chef Geoff]

Yes I agree Jondav, I'm in the south west and in October you used to get a couple of good storms that would strip back the beach, but it's not happened in the last few years.

[jondav]

i hope so mate,if this is global warming they can stuff it,i can only speak for the beaches in the porthcawl area,their rubbish at the moment

[Stig(The)]

I lived in Cornwall for 10yr & remember rushing down to the Sea front when a fierce storm hit just to watch the huge waves come crashing over the promenade,lifting pebbles as they came inshore & smashing onto peoples cars,causing all sorts of havoc........."oh the good ol`days"  

[mel]

Hoi stig have you stopped taking your medication

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

El Ninio will pay another visit shortly. He'll sort it out for you 

[Al.Thepastfinder, ( Alan )]

HI Jondave,  yes, iv'e noticed that myself, they have died down in  spring too,
Alan

[Terra (Mike)]

You want to come down my caravan in Somerset, during the week its lovely , soon as the weekend comes its rubbish then when the  kids six week holidays came , god did it blow , over a two day period, seven caravans damaged, and TWENTY NINE awnings and tents destroyed, i know i rode it out , walking round the site helping to put up collapsed awnings. ok so they are not so often, but we still have them

[handyman [Alan}]

guaranteed bad weather in school holidays!! i should know - - the last good summer hols we had was 1976 -- now that was a heatwave!!

[PHIL YNYSBOETH]

Hi Jondav

 Your right we just havnt had the gails like we used to ;0(

Me and my better half went to Porthcawl for a ride few weeks ago and half way down the beach the sand was stripped back you the black sticky mud layer something i havnt seen in years.
I dont member any bad weather so maybe tidal action ?

all the best
Phil

[150aceboy]

I agree , at the moment all of my detecting has been at the beach, but because of the lack of gales, and no rough seas, the sand around the Porthcawl area is just getting deeper, hiding the goodies, i guess after the next good storm, we will all be down there     

[jondav]

your right aceboy, you can walk all over coney beach, and hardly get a signal,not even pull rings. in desperation i try trecco,and on the rocks i can still pull up a few pre decimal,best find last outing was a 1921 sixpence

[150aceboy]

Well jondav you done well there mate,nice find too,    thats all i had last outing was £4.53 in change, a charm off necklace, a lighter,  all found after the Elvis Festival on Coney Beach, all the best Paul