A Vauxhall Corsa was stuck in soft sands out on the beach early on Thursday morning.
The car was stuck in the sand on the beach roughly opposite Hoylake Lifeboat Museum. According to reports a 4×4 went out on the sand to tow the car away at around 6.30am but that too became stuck for a while. Both vehicles had been pulled ashore by tractors by 8.40am.
I saw that early this morning. However I have also noticed how rapidly the ‘grass’ is growing on the beach particularly in the last few weeks. Will this be cleared? I have only recently moved to Hoylake and am disappointed with the state of the beach at North Parade. I can see it quickly looking like Parkgate! Also the notice that says the Cafe will be opened last year isn’t a good advertisement for any progress in Hoylake. I do hope there are plans to improve this part of Hoylake shore.
Thank you for Hoylake Junction – I have found it a great source of interesting information which has helped me to feel at home here.
You are right, the main beach and the promenade is a mess.
However, don’t worry that Hoylake will turn into Parkgate; the upper shore would revert to beautiful sand dunes if only nature was left to itself instead of being subject to costly and futile grass removal which is a kind of King Knut approach in reverse.
New sand dunes are being formed between Red Rocks and West Kirby and the same would have happened already between Beach Road and the Lifeboat Station were it not for current, misguided ‘beach management’ practices.
The grass is due to an increased sediment caused by the River Basin Management Plan.
10,000 years of post glacial siltation and man-made impacts such as 18th Century canalisation of the upper Dee Estuary is the underlying reason for the growth of the grass which is simply a symptom of the siltation.
I would be really interested to learn how the grass growth is further encouraged by the Mersey Basin Management Plan.
The tidal flow has been reduced so the surface of the sand is no churned up. You may have noticed that the sand has a flat finish, rather than riven.
At the Area Forum on Wednesday night the question of the Cafe was raised and the Director for Regeneration is getting back to us with an answer i.e. Why the person who applied for permission etc has not after 4 years done anything and the building is deteriorating. It is a blot on the Landscape. A letter was circulated by the Applicant a few months ago to say unless he had an Alcohol Licence the cafe would not be viable. Nothing has been heard since and the planning is very restrictive on opening hours as the original application was just for a tea, sandwich cake and ice cream type cafe.The Director was asked if the Council still own it and if so could it not be demolished and made tidy.