In a brief continuation of the previous discussion about high waves and the effect on the coastline, photos below show the current state of the cliffs at Thorpeness, as they were on 14th April 2022.
Multiple slippages can be seen from the cliff frontage, with the surface slumping and collapsing down to the beach at the base of the cliff.
There also seems to be evidence of carving or gouging, with large indents into the surface of the cliff.
Pillars and holes seem to have been created by the erosive forces that are reshaping these cliffs.
Residents living in properties near the edge of the cliff are managing the rapid erosion as best they can and have added tape at the end of their gardens that say Do Not Enter.
But the forces, altering and scouring out these cliffs contain an energy that is hard to predict and restrain.
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