Composition 2 / 3 / 4

Haul 3

Annestown Beach
Sunday 25 January, 2015

plus this fella

Wars Will Be Fought ...

Great article here from the Smithsonian about beach plastic and the work of Richard and Judith Lang

“Our hope is to make these artworks so valuable,” Judith jokes, “that wars will be fought to clean up these beaches.”

Colours / Cloth / Coathanger

Beach-lovin' Dog

On Annestown beach, a couple had a really energetic dog.  He was running backwards and forwards and barking and yapping, delighted to be on the beach.  They left the beach but about 5 minutes later he ran up to me and then ran away again.  When I got back to the car park, the couple were still there.  The husband was in the car, the wife stood in the car park and the dog was still on the beach.  'He won't get in the car'  she said.

Two Beaches in Black and White

Dunabrattin and Annestown
Sunday 25 January 2015

More Drugs

Atenolol is a selective β₁ receptor antagonist, a drug belonging to the group of beta blockers (sometimes written β-blockers), a class of drugs used primarily in cardiovascular diseases. Introduced in 1976, atenolol was developed as a replacement for propranolol in the treatment of hypertension. It works by slowing down the heart and reducing its workload. Unlike propranolol, atenolol does not pass through the blood–brain barrier thus avoiding various central nervous system side effects.^[1]
Atenolol is one of the most widely used β-blockers in the United Kingdom and was once the first-line treatment for hypertension.^{[citation needed]} The role for β-blockers in hypertension was downgraded in June 2006 in the United Kingdom to fourth-line, as they perform less appropriately or effectively than newer drugs, particularly in the elderly
Source:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atenolol

Dunabrattin Cove
Sunday 25 January 2015

Composition 1 / Extreme Pink / Scrap

Haul 2

Ballydowane Cove
Today

Hands and Feet

LEFT Sandal

RIGHT Welly

According to one of the beach combers in the Texel video, Britain and Ireland always receive RIGHT foot shoes washed in from the sea.  I am conducting a little bit of ad hoc research whenever I see footwear washed in and so far, as you can see, it is 50/50 ...

Fishing Boat

Sea Traces

Haul

The best things I found at Ballydowane after the storms of the previous days.

Saturday High Tide

It's Saturday.  High tide is about 3pm today along my stretch of the coast so in an hour or so, I'll be off to Ballydowane.

Location:  Ballydowane Cove
Christmas Day, 2014

Tangles

Ballydowane Cove
Saturday 3 January, 2015

Washed In Or Dropped?

Nifedipine (brand names Adalat CC and Procardia, according to FDA Orange Book) is a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker that primarily blocks L-type calcium channels.^[1] Its main uses are as an antianginal (especially in Prinzmetal's angina) and antihypertensive, although a large number of other indications have recently been found for this agent, such as Raynaud's phenomenon, premature labor, and painful spasms of the esophagus such as in cancer and tetanus patients. It is also commonly used for the small subset of pulmonary hypertension patients whose symptoms respond to calcium channel blockers. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system.<sup>[2]  
Source Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nifedipine


Ballydowane Cove
Saturday, 3 January 2015</sup>

Things Are Beautiful Just As They Are

Ballyvooney Cove
Thursday, 8 January

Welcome!

Welcome to The Beach Botherer

The Beach Botherer is dedicated to my true vocation, beachcombing on the beaches of County Waterford, (and sometimes further afield)

This is a companion blog to my main blog, the 'a' word, where you'll also find some beach-related posts

To begin with, here is a fabulous little film about the beachcombers of Texel, Holland by Sam Walkerdine.  You can find an excellent article about the making of this film here