Thursday 2 May 2013

Rockfall at Durdle Door

There was a massive rockfall along the coastpath between Durdle Door and Lulworth Cove on Monday night. So yesterday I popped over to take a look and here are some pictures.
 
The rockfall as viewed from Durdle Door.

Close up so you can see where the footpath has disappeared. It's a good job this happened during the night - it's a popular tourist destination and the path is usually teeming!
 
And just to give you an idea of how unstable the cliffs can be around here - this used to be the path down to the beach!

Durdle Door looking particularly lovely in the evening sunlight.
 


6 comments:

  1. Heard about this one on the news. Such a shame, glad no one was hurt.

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    1. Rockfalls are quite common around here but this one is the biggest I've seen!

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  2. Quite amazing. I was there not too long ago and, yes, we're lucky it happened at night.

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    1. The alternative doesn't bear thinking about!

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  3. That's so scary, to think someone could have been walking on the path. Reminds me of sinkholes. Brrrr.

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  4. It is sobering how powerful nature is. And even more so to reflect on how we humans have impacted on the world.

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