The Beach at The Rocks

[Cantata]

Friend of mine sent me this today -

"Have been in the Deben. Don't know if you are aware but the Rocks have been completely spoiled................. The one time sandy foreshore is now covered in mussels and oysters, with quite a pong at low water. No longer a place to land for a BBQ etc. Apparently all quite official, even though the locals are not keen. More at http://www.debenshellfish.co.uk/
Many of the thousands of mussels and oysters laying around are dead, hence the pong!
Also the beach path is now almost impassable because of fallen trees.
Great shame, I don't think it's worth landing or walking there any more, though quite OK still as an anchorage."

Not heard of this before - I've not been since last July when the beach was nice as ever. Anyone else landed there recently?

 

[sailorman]

Simpers were trawling Tuesday when we sailed up to Methersgate Dock.
Hadnt realised they were fishing professionally in the little wooden boat, Our Boys
Robert Simper always thought he owned the Deben anyway

 

[Colvic Watson]

Don't recognise the description. The area between LW and the sand has lots of mussels and we've regularly gathered some and cooked them on board, delicious, also make landing easier, a nice carpet of shells rather than stones and mud. The sand is still the same and the pong is more likely coming from the surrounding mud at LW.

 

[Cantata]

That's good to hear. I've maybe only ever been ashore near HW. Hoping to get up there next week or so and will look for myself.

 

[Oldgeezer]

I was anchored there Wednesday night.
yes there is a mess of dead oysters / mussels old crates and bags of dead oysters.
The path is almost impossible in places due to fallen trees.
it does smell.

however, there are a few places you could have a bbq and ok if the wind is in the right direction.
Not as attractive as it was that's for sure, but still usable


I didn't take a photo of the messy bit!

 

[johnalison]

I've got some cine film of the family playing cricket on a wide sandy beach there in the '70s. It is a shame that the beach scarcely exists now, and looking for sharks' teeth appears to be unrewarding.

 

[CliveG]

I dried out there a few weeks ago.
Robert and his young chaps were spreading tonnes of mussels on the foreshore below the mid tide mark.
He had them delivered from up country somewhere and was putting them on the beach to grow some more.

 

[Colvic Watson]

I was anchored there Wednesday night.
yes there is a mess of dead oysters / mussels old crates and bags of dead oysters.
The path is almost impossible in places due to fallen trees.
it does smell.

however, there are a few places you could have a bbq and ok if the wind is in the right direction.
Not as attractive as it was that's for sure, but still usable

I didn't take a photo of the messy bit!

I must be a glass half full sort of chap then, we were there a three weeks ago and thought it was fine

 

[sailorman]

I must be a glass half full sort of chap then, we were there a three weeks ago and thought it was fine

perhaps the Deben 1/2 MT or 1/2 Full might make a difference

 

[Colvic Watson]

Dunno, we stayed there at the Rocks for two days.