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

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  • @bluceree7312
    @bluceree7312 Рік тому +78

    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 Рік тому +19

    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.

  • @adrianandkatrinadove203
    @adrianandkatrinadove203 Рік тому +7

    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.

  • @HomerSparkle
    @HomerSparkle Рік тому +38

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

  • @jillosler9353
    @jillosler9353 Рік тому +23

    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.

  • @Malfoy1594
    @Malfoy1594 Рік тому +15

    "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.

  • @Londant10
    @Londant10 Рік тому +12

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

  • @kevinu.k.7042
    @kevinu.k.7042 Рік тому +18

    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 Рік тому +2

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

    • @keypoint1293
      @keypoint1293 Рік тому +1

      It has stopped the erosion it has not reversed it.

    • @daveberry2177
      @daveberry2177 Рік тому +4

      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 Рік тому

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

    • @kevinu.k.7042
      @kevinu.k.7042 Рік тому

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

  • @paulaland2574
    @paulaland2574 Рік тому +14

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

    • @Thor.Jorgensen
      @Thor.Jorgensen 3 місяці тому

      Where can we observe land being gained in the UK? Can I invest in some marine territory that will one day be land?

    • @bonysminiatures3123
      @bonysminiatures3123 Місяць тому

      @@Thor.Jorgensen TRy iceland it will be the size of the usa in a million years or so

    • @Thor.Jorgensen
      @Thor.Jorgensen Місяць тому

      @@bonysminiatures3123 I am guessing you failed math.
      Iceland is growing by 5 cm per year. At that rate, in 50 million years, Iceland will be 50 kilometers bigger.
      Iceland has 9,044,420 square kilometers to go.
      Also, mankind hasn't even existed for a million years.

  • @greenbunnyinabongo7299
    @greenbunnyinabongo7299 Рік тому +16

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

  • @thomaswright7562
    @thomaswright7562 Рік тому +11

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

  • @hardlines2635
    @hardlines2635 Рік тому +10

    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.

  • @michaelp998
    @michaelp998 Рік тому +12

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

  • @andrewjardine3924
    @andrewjardine3924 Рік тому +6

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

  • @user-bu9nb8wr6e
    @user-bu9nb8wr6e Рік тому +6

    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.

  • @SusanBelfast11
    @SusanBelfast11 Рік тому +17

    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 Рік тому +1

      95 grand

    • @doffchitty1875
      @doffchitty1875 7 місяців тому

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

  • @TheGlassman14
    @TheGlassman14 Рік тому +6

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

  • @dave3130
    @dave3130 Рік тому +1

    Erosion has caused £10million worth of improvement to Hemsby

  • @bobbaggs6149
    @bobbaggs6149 Рік тому +4

    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.

  • @klingonwarrior1206
    @klingonwarrior1206 Рік тому +6

    He sounds like King Canute.

    • @emotown1
      @emotown1 Рік тому

      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.

  • @truderides2243
    @truderides2243 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @Rob-eg8qc
    @Rob-eg8qc Рік тому +6

    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.

  • @R2..756
    @R2..756 Рік тому +10

    Looks more like a shed 😂

  • @charity4908
    @charity4908 Рік тому +15

    Please, you cannot fight forces of nature...

    • @supersuede91
      @supersuede91 Рік тому +1

      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 9 місяців тому

      I'm glad we have the forces of nature

  • @Cruzeoc101
    @Cruzeoc101 Рік тому +18

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

  • @janegriffin2646
    @janegriffin2646 Рік тому +3

    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 Рік тому

      prehaps we could let them live in hotels

  • @ClassNav
    @ClassNav 4 місяці тому +1

    Sorry there is no such thing as rising sea levels. This is purely coastal erosion.

  • @davidparker1821
    @davidparker1821 Рік тому +2

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

    • @ralfmalf5828
      @ralfmalf5828 6 місяців тому

      I don’t think he even had to sing for it someone gave it to him , they are all chancers up here 😂

  • @keypoint1293
    @keypoint1293 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @cinemaipswich4636
    @cinemaipswich4636 Рік тому +2

    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.

  • @johnmartin4316
    @johnmartin4316 Рік тому +4

    what sea level rise??? more crap

  • @cal79
    @cal79 Рік тому +8

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

  • @effkay3691
    @effkay3691 Рік тому +1

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

  • @anthonyrthomasuk
    @anthonyrthomasuk Рік тому +6

    Sea level hasn't risen.

    • @megamonalithic3353
      @megamonalithic3353 Рік тому +4

      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.

  • @jimjiminy5836
    @jimjiminy5836 Рік тому +4

    The bloke is wasting his time. Very sad situation.

  • @XLR_8
    @XLR_8 11 місяців тому +1

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

  • @Tubingenstr
    @Tubingenstr 9 місяців тому

    He moved to this house Nov 2017! Surprising.

  • @alex.t76
    @alex.t76 Рік тому +8

    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 Рік тому

      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 Рік тому

      Shhhh…. Facts are racist !

    • @jamesbarbour8400
      @jamesbarbour8400 Рік тому +1

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

    • @sjthjsdreadfather4867
      @sjthjsdreadfather4867 Рік тому

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

    • @jamesbarbour8400
      @jamesbarbour8400 Рік тому

      @@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 !

  • @billyking722
    @billyking722 4 місяці тому

    I lost my home on the marrams no help to prevent the loss any where else gets significantly more help with prevention methods why not hemsby good luck to this man for sticking it out I had no option but to leave and lose everything

  • @paulyoung2308
    @paulyoung2308 Рік тому

    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!

  • @leesmith7476
    @leesmith7476 Рік тому +2

    Wtf...estate agents 👀 you coming 😆

  • @gigifrana940
    @gigifrana940 Рік тому +3

    Okay than, stay in your house 👍

  • @meganhuggins7494
    @meganhuggins7494 Рік тому +4

    Better buy a snorkel then me ‘ole love!!

  • @alinabriggs5351
    @alinabriggs5351 11 місяців тому

    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.

  • @MohamedMohamed-hd6bj
    @MohamedMohamed-hd6bj Рік тому

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

  • @JanUK26
    @JanUK26 Рік тому +1

    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 Рік тому

      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.

    • @JanUK26
      @JanUK26 Рік тому

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

    • @dennisfraser6896
      @dennisfraser6896 11 місяців тому

      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.

  • @aleccap5946
    @aleccap5946 Рік тому +3

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

  • @geneziogenezio3299
    @geneziogenezio3299 11 місяців тому

    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...!!!

  • @bevleighlange3312
    @bevleighlange3312 3 місяці тому

    One can't fight mother nature - simple as that 😢

  • @islandbreezy441
    @islandbreezy441 Рік тому +13

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

    • @hayleyabbott7696
      @hayleyabbott7696 Рік тому

      ua-cam.com/video/r32B_vLqC-Y/v-deo.html

    • @Jib230181
      @Jib230181 Рік тому +3

      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 Рік тому +1

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

  • @ProfessorDarkAcademia
    @ProfessorDarkAcademia 10 місяців тому

    Norfolk Coast is my favorite Stranglers album

  • @bf2404
    @bf2404 Рік тому +6

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

  • @davidsivills3599
    @davidsivills3599 Рік тому

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

  • @iKyleTz
    @iKyleTz Рік тому +2

    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 😮

  • @wmpmacm
    @wmpmacm 3 місяці тому

    When King Kanute wanted to demonstrate who has the real power on earth, he waded into the surf and commanded the sea to obey his command. You know how that turned out don't you?

  • @RT-tn4ry
    @RT-tn4ry 2 місяці тому

    The sea is gona win there dude !

  • @aprilLivibsto
    @aprilLivibsto Рік тому

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

  • @oaktree313
    @oaktree313 Рік тому +1

    If u can't see the sea sees u

  • @JJONNYREPP
    @JJONNYREPP Рік тому +3

    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 Рік тому +1

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

    • @clementinechristenson
      @clementinechristenson Рік тому +1

      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 Рік тому

      @@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...

  • @9999deoxys
    @9999deoxys 5 місяців тому

    "Something needs to be done"? Yes, you should move. Do not rely on the govt and taxes from others to fix your problems. If you buy a place on the coast, you take the risk.

  • @leonaessens4399
    @leonaessens4399 Рік тому

    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.

  • @igit_7296
    @igit_7296 3 місяці тому

    We just need government to get out of the way and many of these homes could be saved. There are too many regulations to cut through.
    When a company like FEMA is ready to help out, all you have are these woke government official slowing things down. We need the free market!

  • @Ethan265Stapley
    @Ethan265Stapley Рік тому

    Nobody could have foreseen it

  • @dennispine2603
    @dennispine2603 Рік тому

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

  • @markportwood4045
    @markportwood4045 8 місяців тому

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

  • @keithrock939
    @keithrock939 5 місяців тому

    Feel sorry for you, why don't you set up a go fund me and ask for help. To save your house from the sea.

  • @latro666
    @latro666 Рік тому

    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.

  • @tranquilgiftsonline
    @tranquilgiftsonline Рік тому

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

  • @xPadge112x
    @xPadge112x Рік тому

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

  • @redskyatnight123
    @redskyatnight123 9 місяців тому

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

  • @Conservative-Leftie
    @Conservative-Leftie 6 місяців тому

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

  • @scottmcshannon6821
    @scottmcshannon6821 Рік тому

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

  • @BrianLarin
    @BrianLarin 9 місяців тому

    MOVE

  • @markjohn4802
    @markjohn4802 2 місяці тому

    UK is going to shrink, you're a bit of a tool to buy there, I thought my ex father-in-law was chancing it when he bought a place in Happisburgh in 2002. I opted to be about 100 miles from the cliff edge. You Dunwich. You probably voted remain as well.

  • @cherellegrant7439
    @cherellegrant7439 Рік тому

    Beurocracy 🙃

  • @keytothegate68
    @keytothegate68 2 місяці тому

    He bought a mud slide