The cliff wall formed along the beach last Tuesday morning has now been breached. It took not a storm from the west with the force of seas and swell to over-run it, but merely a bout of higher tides with peak south moon, and some usually strong afternoon sea breezes—and now the sand castle is breached. The once one-metre-high clifftop wall is now a 45 degree even ramp—a launching pad up to the crest and then general decline of the limestone sand behind it, followed by another rise to the dunes and first plants behind that. And with rain and clouds this morning we get the first taste of what will be coming, all too soon.