Wednesday, July 17, 2013

At the beach




 My work takes me to the nicest places. Some years ago I designed a holiday park in Zeeuws Vlaanderen. As I was there to assess the first phase of completion, I couldn't resist the short stroll to the beach. What looks like a natural landscape of dunes is actually a huge dyke covered in  sand, beachgrass, sea-buckthorn and wild privet. The beach on the North Sea is also less than natural; it has been stabilized by large wave breakers and is replenished every spring with fresh sand from the seabed. The people enjoying themselves here will probably be unaware of this all and simply see a landscape typical of the coastal region of Flanders.

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