LotusLeaf Tai Chi

We had a great summer up in North Wales.  My Water Worn jewellery went well and seemed to get a good reception, along with Donny’s boards from Still Stoked.  We met up with some old friends and made some new ones and Ocean loved the sea!

The beach at Porth Neigwl, Hells Mouth, is so wonderful,  nearly 4.5miles of sand and shingle where the sea can be as placid as a lake but it can also live up to it’s name!  At low tide there is plenty of room to practice a Tai Chi form or two.

Unfortunately due to the amount in the sea, this beach gets huge loads of plastic and other rubbish brought in on the tides and left by the tourists.  It is such a shame and because plastic doesn’t break down like glass or pot it will remain on the sea and in our sands for a very long time.  The plastic is easy to spot when it is still in bottle form or lightly broken down but there is a lot more that is unseen within the sand itself and in even smaller pieces; “Recently scientists discovered microscopic pieces of plastic can be found everywhere in the ocean, even inside plankton…” (Hands on Oceanography)

The photo above shows one of the smaller tidal dumps of plastic and other waste.

However, humans do occasionally leave less invasive and distinctly more aesthetically pleasing things behind…

Well unless we are being invaded by Maka Pakas……..