Norfolk's collapsing coastline: I won't give up my home that's falling into the sea | Times Reports

Residents of Hemsby in Norfolk are battling to save their homes as accelerating coastal erosion is causing large amounts of sand to be washed away.
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  • @bluceree7312
    @bluceree7312 Жыл бұрын

    Sorry mate, when you say "I moved in 2017" I thought, surely he meant 1977. But no, 2017. Yes, I am blaming the victim. The estate agents must've seen you coming a nautical mile away.

  • @raymondhambleton9452
    @raymondhambleton9452 Жыл бұрын

    the Norfolk coast is changing shape every year. I live in Martham which is 2.5 miles from the coast. Maybe it time to buy a home a bit more inland. Your home has survived this winter, but I think time is running out for your house. I've seen the damage to Happisburgh, Winterton and Hemesby, you can't hold back the power of nature.

  • @jillosler9353
    @jillosler9353 Жыл бұрын

    It's nothing new! Our coastline, mostly sand and chalk, has been eroding since we parted company with the rest of Europe during the last Ice Age over 8,000 years ago. The East Coast is known for this.

  • @adrianandkatrinadove203
    @adrianandkatrinadove2038 ай бұрын

    The house above has now gone.We just returned home from a weeks break.Walked along there this morning.Was there this time last yr and the first thing i noticed was of course the missing house,when we were walking along that road/path this time round.

  • @HomerSlated
    @HomerSlated Жыл бұрын

    Sorry mate, but if you choose to live in a sandcastle, don't act surprised when it's swept away by the tide.

  • @paulaland2574
    @paulaland2574 Жыл бұрын

    Our coastline is always changing. Some places we lose land and we gain land in other places.

  • @Londant10
    @Londant10 Жыл бұрын

    Very sad,, but the house is obviously in the wrong place ...

  • @SusanBelfast11
    @SusanBelfast11 Жыл бұрын

    What exactly does he think the council should be doing? And I’d love to know what he bought it for in 2017..I’ll bet it was given to him 😅😅

  • @clementinechristenson

    @clementinechristenson

    7 ай бұрын

    95 grand

  • @doffchitty1875

    @doffchitty1875

    Ай бұрын

    Can’t they dismantle their houses and move back, I thought the council offered land to residents?

  • @Malfoy1594
    @Malfoy1594 Жыл бұрын

    "Something should've been done..." This is nature sir... What should've been done, is that you shouldn't have been allowed to build there.

  • @thomaswright7562
    @thomaswright7562 Жыл бұрын

    You chose to live near the sea though? You knew the risks.

  • @greenbunnyinabongo7299
    @greenbunnyinabongo7299 Жыл бұрын

    He wants to be careful or one day he’ll wake up in his bed 10 miles out at sea

  • @michaelp761
    @michaelp761 Жыл бұрын

    Living near water ( especially rivers and seas) may be nice , but it has its consequences!

  • @daveoc5770
    @daveoc5770 Жыл бұрын

    Because this hasn't been happening for millions of years 🤣🤣

  • @hardlines2635
    @hardlines2635 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve always thought old tyres filled with concrete and stacked a certain way would make good sea defence. I worked in Dorset on sea defence. We filled large wire baskets with pebbles and built walls with them.

  • @klingonwarrior1206
    @klingonwarrior1206 Жыл бұрын

    He sounds like King Canute.

  • @emotown1

    @emotown1

    Жыл бұрын

    How so? The story goes that his advisors said he was so powerful that he could hold back the tide. The king thought this so ridiculous that he went to the beach to prove to his sycophantic cronies that he indeed couldn’t do any such thing. So the story goes.

  • @R2..756
    @R2..756 Жыл бұрын

    Looks more like a shed 😂

  • @andrewjardine3924
    @andrewjardine3924 Жыл бұрын

    Madness... The coastline is dynamic, huge risks buying and building on that close to the sea.

  • @user-bu9nb8wr6e
    @user-bu9nb8wr6e Жыл бұрын

    So sad as I can see exactly why someone would choose to live there. I've walked on that beach many years ago and I admired the properties. Such a shame for someone's dream home to be lost.

  • @bobbaggs6149
    @bobbaggs6149 Жыл бұрын

    At the start they said 'rising sea levels and extreme weather events' caused this...Since the early 70s they said by the millennium the fens and many parts of Norfolk would be under 20 feet of water. 20 feet. I'm pretty sure here we are in 2023 and the sea has not risen by anywhere near that........other wise my bungalow would be under water. Its not Also..Hemsby has long been known as an area effected by erosion. Choosing a house near the beach may not have been the wisest decision. I feel for him but that's how it is.

  • @kevinu.k.7042
    @kevinu.k.7042 Жыл бұрын

    At Sea Palling, on the Norfolk Coast large stone islands were built off shore. They haven't just stopped the erosion, it has been reversed.

  • @Stuboy

    @Stuboy

    Жыл бұрын

    I helped put them pylons in with Titan maritime by pile driving , I visited last year they seem to be holding up

  • @keypoint1293

    @keypoint1293

    Жыл бұрын

    It has stopped the erosion it has not reversed it.

  • @daveberry2177

    @daveberry2177

    7 ай бұрын

    and the uk no states is sending another 20 million in aid to gaza, should we not be helping our own people first

  • @kevinu.k.7042

    @kevinu.k.7042

    7 ай бұрын

    @@daveberry2177 I'll reply to that on a politics, geopolitics channel. You are way off topic Dave.

  • @kevinu.k.7042

    @kevinu.k.7042

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Stuboy Bravo - Yes, they have done an excellent job and they are a site to behold - Massive!

  • @charity4908
    @charity4908 Жыл бұрын

    Please, you cannot fight forces of nature...

  • @supersuede91

    @supersuede91

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed - never buy a house in a hurricane corridor, on top of sand or at the lowest point of a flood prone area.

  • @romystumpy1197

    @romystumpy1197

    3 ай бұрын

    I'm glad we have the forces of nature

  • @TheGlassman14
    @TheGlassman14 Жыл бұрын

    Will going net zero stop waves from hitting the coast line? Answer: No.

  • @cal79
    @cal79 Жыл бұрын

    Top tip dont plant a house on the beach and moan when the tide comes in...🤔🤔🥴🥴🥴

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 Жыл бұрын

    It's just the way the sea behaves at a coastline, nature red and raw. In Devon south of Totnes, there are two lost villages Hallsands and Beesands, lost to the sea in the early twentieth century. It's so sad.

  • @leesmith7476
    @leesmith7476 Жыл бұрын

    Wtf...estate agents 👀 you coming 😆

  • @dave3130
    @dave31306 ай бұрын

    Erosion has caused £10million worth of improvement to Hemsby

  • @janegriffin2646
    @janegriffin2646 Жыл бұрын

    In the late 1970s, these were holiday homes the water was turned off during the winter and you were not allowed to live in them. Bad idea to allow all year round occupation, no expert could ever predict the rate of erosion regarding sand heaps. They are not brick built. If I owned one of those properties behind, I would be most worried, as soon as the sand cliffs go then Hemsby will be flooded. It's impossible to hold back the tide without millions of pounds. These bungalows have been falling into the sea since around 1980 ish, my parents owned two.

  • @daveberry2177

    @daveberry2177

    7 ай бұрын

    prehaps we could let them live in hotels

  • @truderides2243
    @truderides22438 ай бұрын

    I believe his house has gone now I just walked along the beach and you can see his reinforcements but the white house you see in the drone footage is really close to the cliff edge.

  • @jimjiminy5836
    @jimjiminy5836 Жыл бұрын

    The bloke is wasting his time. Very sad situation.

  • @Tubingenstr
    @Tubingenstr2 ай бұрын

    He moved to this house Nov 2017! Surprising.

  • @Rob-eg8qc
    @Rob-eg8qc Жыл бұрын

    Stubborn man against the power of mother nature won't win, who ever sold you that ticking time bomb of a house needs to take as much blame as yourself. If was him I would put it back on the market for some film company to buy and they could use it in a disaster movie with practical effects instead of CGI. Move out man, you could be on the toilet when all hell breaks outs, value your life more than wood, bricks and what not.

  • @gigifrana940
    @gigifrana940 Жыл бұрын

    Okay than, stay in your house 👍

  • @anthonyrthomasuk
    @anthonyrthomasuk Жыл бұрын

    Sea level hasn't risen.

  • @megamonalithic3353

    @megamonalithic3353

    Жыл бұрын

    I agree, I’ve lived by the coast most of my years and the high-tide is still the same level as it was 40 odd years ago. The nearby by cliffs have certainly eroded due to wind and water effects.

  • @cinemaipswich4636
    @cinemaipswich4636 Жыл бұрын

    I live near "Surfers Paradise" in Queensland, Australia, and rich people bought expensive land on the coast and on the beach. When nature intruded on their patch, they wanted everyone else to save them.

  • @keypoint1293
    @keypoint1293 Жыл бұрын

    Check google earth there was not 30m of dune in 2017, you need to go back to 2006 to see that. He knew exactly what he was buying in 2017. Not surprised he got an injunction by him propping up the dune he just transfers the problem elsewhere.

  • @meganhuggins7494
    @meganhuggins7494 Жыл бұрын

    Better buy a snorkel then me ‘ole love!!

  • @alinabriggs5351
    @alinabriggs53514 ай бұрын

    I'm amazed at how these residents blame people. It's mother nature, sea levels rising......you can't fight it.....where's the water gonna go.

  • @effkay3691
    @effkay3691 Жыл бұрын

    2017? Those cliffs have been collapsing forever. What didn’t you know?

  • @MortarIvy
    @MortarIvy3 ай бұрын

    Norfolk Coast is my favorite Stranglers album

  • @davidparker1821
    @davidparker1821 Жыл бұрын

    Cheap "housing" (sheds) built on sand near the sea probably bought for a song! What do you expext?

  • @tranquilgiftsonline
    @tranquilgiftsonline Жыл бұрын

    V sad. I hope he and his family will. Be ok

  • @MohamedMohamed-hd6bj
    @MohamedMohamed-hd6bj Жыл бұрын

    Put big track tyres with sand in it three / Four layers will help stop the erosion

  • @paulyoung2308
    @paulyoung23088 ай бұрын

    Why has the South African Dolos not been used to stop this erosion. Look at the sea shore off PE and you will find them and realise that for many years now they have stopped the coast line of PE from eroding away. Simply and cost effective! A no brainer as far as I'm concerned!

  • @Janz32
    @Janz32 Жыл бұрын

    The government needs to be doing something to stop this, our country is small enough as it is without us losing it to the sea!

  • @Malfoy1594

    @Malfoy1594

    Жыл бұрын

    LMFAOOOO Do what? It's called NATURAL EROSION. Get a grip & learn some geography. No one forced this person to build on a literal unstable sand dune.

  • @Janz32

    @Janz32

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Malfoy1594 OK do nothing about it then! The erosion is not going to stop! Will you be lyfao then!?

  • @dennisfraser6896

    @dennisfraser6896

    4 ай бұрын

    At what cost you wont beat nature and rising sea Levels.Funnily enough Scotland is rising as the Land was pushed down in The ice age by the weight Of the ice on top.

  • @XLR_8
    @XLR_84 ай бұрын

    I built an igloo once but it melted. I demand the gubbermint build me a more suitable home 🙄

  • @alexandert2762
    @alexandert2762 Жыл бұрын

    Coast erosions have been happening for millions of years. But it's not going carbon neutral soon enough that causes this apparently. Someone need to have a word with the volcano that just erupted for not being carbon neutral either.

  • @sjthjsdreadfather4867

    @sjthjsdreadfather4867

    Жыл бұрын

    The point they’re making is that climate change will cause differing sea conditions. What amazes me about climate change deniers is that they exist at all. Literally the evidence is stating you in the face and you deny it😮

  • @stoicsceptic8420

    @stoicsceptic8420

    Жыл бұрын

    Shhhh…. Facts are racist !

  • @jamesbarbour8400

    @jamesbarbour8400

    Жыл бұрын

    Get Greta T on its case, she'll soon sort it out......NOT !

  • @sjthjsdreadfather4867

    @sjthjsdreadfather4867

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jamesbarbour8400 What’s she got to do with it?

  • @jamesbarbour8400

    @jamesbarbour8400

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sjthjsdreadfather4867 she's one of these advocates bringing our attention to climate change. If a volcano erupts and has an adverse effect, no doubt she'll tell it off !

  • @johnmartin4316
    @johnmartin4316 Жыл бұрын

    what sea level rise??? more crap

  • @davidsivills3599
    @davidsivills35998 ай бұрын

    More can and should be done to save the coast line,we are talking about people's lives here.

  • @aprilogembo1141
    @aprilogembo114110 ай бұрын

    Well if you love your home so much that you are willing to go down with it do be it

  • @oaktree313
    @oaktree313 Жыл бұрын

    If u can't see the sea sees u

  • @iKyleTz
    @iKyleTz Жыл бұрын

    I had to watch the whole video to find out, is this guy brave and has an actual plan, or is he just stupid. I’ll let you decide which I chose 😮

  • @geneziogenezio3299
    @geneziogenezio32994 ай бұрын

    0:45 WHEN A PERSON DECIDES TO BUILD A HOUSE ON THE SAND ON THE TOP OF THE SEA SAND, THAT'S SOMETHING THEY SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WOULD HAPPEN SOONER OR LATER, BUT IT HAPPENED SOONER THAN LATER... WHO'S FAULT? THE OCEANS SEA FAULT OR FAULT FROM THOSE WHO BUILT HOUSES ON THE SAND THAT BELONGS TO THE OCEAN? MY GOODNESS, PEOPLE ARE UNBELIEVABLE...!!! I KNOW STUFF LIKE THAT SINCE I WAS A KID...!!!

  • @ethanstapley7018
    @ethanstapley7018 Жыл бұрын

    Nobody could have foreseen it

  • @leonaessens4399
    @leonaessens43995 ай бұрын

    He doesn't want to be anywhere else? I, for one, am just happy I am not where he is. I am not silly enough to think climate change and rising sea levels won't affect me if I choose to live just metres away from a steadily eroding beach.

  • @JJONNYREPP
    @JJONNYREPP Жыл бұрын

    Coastal erosion: I won't give up my home that's falling into the sea | Times Reports 1126am 8.3.23 why didnt you invest in coastal defences, then? loads of concrete. loads of concrete. the massive facades in margate are pretty impressive. the local bigwigs should have taken heed of those defences... p.s without being flippant his nibs, here, good on him by the way... looks a tad familiar.

  • @MarcusBlueWolf

    @MarcusBlueWolf

    Жыл бұрын

    You know how long the British coastline is? It would cost tens of billions if not hundreds

  • @clementinechristenson

    @clementinechristenson

    7 ай бұрын

    It does cost a LOT and if the council are struggling it's private land why would they help? That's what conveyancing is for it does the searches etc... sue them! However if you've got money anything can be done... have a look at Dawlish Station on Devon coast that didn't come cheap but it's now safe!

  • @JJONNYREPP

    @JJONNYREPP

    7 ай бұрын

    @@clementinechristenson Comments on ‘Norfolk's collapsing coastline: I won't give up my home that's falling into the sea | Times Reports’ 0205am 30.10.23 government should and could invest in sea line defences. and it'd put a few navvy minded folk to work. go see the remarkable coastal defences of Margate area... i was spellbound. all the time and effort not to mention the scale... and they have stood the test of time. .. i mean, the white cliffs would loose their whiteness and the general character of the coast would look like a morally bankrupt brutalist nightmare but... i mean, just go to margate and have a gander...

  • @markportwood4045
    @markportwood4045Ай бұрын

    I hope he didn’t pay more than fifty quid for that house.

  • @dennispine2603
    @dennispine2603 Жыл бұрын

    Were these "unfortunate" landowners, C O M P E N S A T E D, for their losses?

  • @latro666
    @latro666 Жыл бұрын

    Hey if you see this lance or if someone knows him please could you reply to this comment. I'd like to speak to him about the history of the area around his plot.

  • @aleccap5946
    @aleccap5946 Жыл бұрын

    Our inept government will no doubt increase their tax for buying near the sea

  • @bf2404
    @bf2404 Жыл бұрын

    Local council gave permission when the houses were built, maybe they should be liable.

  • @xPadge112x
    @xPadge112x Жыл бұрын

    Well.....there goes the neighbour hood....eventually.

  • @redskyatnight123
    @redskyatnight1232 ай бұрын

    Why dont they do what they are doing in wales make sand dunes with Christmas trees

  • @Conservative-Leftie
    @Conservative-Leftie3 күн бұрын

    Pssst...hey...100 miles to your right...!...there live the Dutch...they might know a thing or two about keeping the sea at bay...

  • @islandbreezy441
    @islandbreezy441 Жыл бұрын

    The Bible warns us never to build our houses upon the sand, but only on to solid rock.

  • @hayleyabbott7696

    @hayleyabbott7696

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @Jib230181

    @Jib230181

    Жыл бұрын

    The foolish man built his house upon the sand, The foolish man built his house upon the sand, The foolish man built his house upon the sand & the rain came tumbling down, The rain came down & the floods came up, The rain came down & the floods came up, The rain came down & the floods came up & the foolish man’s house fell down, The wise man built his house upon the rocks, The wise man built his house upon the rocks, The wise man built his house upon the rocks & the rain came tumbling down, The rain came down & the floods came up, The rain came down & the floods came up, The rain came down & the floods came up & the wise man’s house stood firm. Lol 😂.

  • @jointhefist1016

    @jointhefist1016

    8 ай бұрын

    The bible didn't even need to say that, it should just be common sense

  • @johndanson4427
    @johndanson44272 ай бұрын

    Sand is a tidal energy barrier. Sand is in short supply after high demand for concrete as China grew in the 2010s. Silica is not getting down river thanks to dams, so there is no renewal, either. More powerful waves are now evident on all dredged coastlines around the world, with the US Florida and West coast coastlines rapidly crumbling. Weather and sea-level rises are blamed. The level is the same. Erosion and an increase in sea level are not the same at all. Sand dredging and extraction, hydro planner interventions are causing increases in tidal energy which is scouring cliff faces. Most actual climate scientists pour scorn on the fallacious sea level rise stories. To add to that, Dogger bank was once a forest, and Norfolk is famous for erosion. Utter shame on the so-called journalists and their predilection towards NGO funded bunk.

  • @scottmcshannon6821
    @scottmcshannon68219 ай бұрын

    you need to face reality, get head out of the sand and wake up.

  • @user-gj7oq1el7w
    @user-gj7oq1el7w3 ай бұрын

    MOVE

  • @cherellegrant7439
    @cherellegrant7439 Жыл бұрын

    Beurocracy 🙃