pic by David Hawgood
But from the downs on Friday we saw the results of another one higher up that was much more serious. One of the houses that I used to walk past on the coast path was half collapsed with rubble strewn down the horrendous red gash below it. A local man stopped to tell us that the house had recently been sold to an unsuspecting buyer for £150,000 by telephone at auction. Of course it hadn't been insured. We couldn't believe that anyone would be so gullible and not smell a rat at that price for a six bedroom house with a sea view. You can see pictures of it and read about it here.
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7 comments:
It is strange what some people may do. Perhaps the buyer thought that since the house had stood for 50 years it might last her out. Even so - fancy not even going to see it. Mind is boggling, really!
Landslides can make quite a dramatic change to the scene, Jean. I remember seeing some at Lyme Regis some time back and last year, when visiting Dover Castle, you could see a really fresh white stretch of the White Cliffs from the castle grounds, the result of a fall the previous winter I believe.
The story about the house sale though beggars belief.
Ann
Hi Jenny
Yes, some people can be really gullible. That was a very expensive mistake to make.
Hi Ann
There are plenty of warnings about landslides along the Jurassic Coast. I have read about how it was the way the first dinosaur fossil was found by Mary Anning of Lyme. I came through there on the bus last Saturday. That is a spectacular ride on the top of the bus.
That's a pretty interesting picture. We sure have no control over natural forces when they are ready to move. Happens here when people build too close to sandy bank edges.
Hi Joan - This year the weather has been particularly stormy, with very high winds as well as the rain.
Oh my goodness that looks horrendous! And very dangerous, too...
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