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Anyone know of a good spot for collecting it in South Wales? Failing that, any tips for the kind of beach in general?
Llangennith on Gower is pretty good. Or Freshwater west. Three Cliffs bay can get some interesting stuff washed up the river too on big tides.
I'd look for a gently shelving beach backed by dunes and try to hit it after a combination of a big storm and spring tide.
EDIT: Severn estuary will probably also be worth checking out after a big tide. Have surfed the bore a few times and there is loads of stuff churned up in the river then. Spent one ride trying my best not to surf into a floating fridge!
Brilliant, STW can answer anything 🙂
I live on the Severn Estuary (nearly) access isn't too hot though in many places and a walk down the mud isn't as appealing as a play on the beach 🙂
How about Pendine? Six miles of beach, and only about the first mile or so gets visited by people, so travel further along and you ought to find stuff. It's over the bridge, but Burnham to Brean is good for driftwood, although vehicular access is only possible at the Brean end.
There is some big timber washes up all along there, I saw whole tree trunks at the high tide line last time I was there.
Fresh West +1. Check the tides first though, make sure you're there at the right time.
Dont get shot at Pendine as most of it is a firing range. Newgale has lots of glass washed up, some is amazing smoothed and worn.
Driftwood?
are you looking for nice smoothed off pieces or just washed up wood?
is the first look for a shoreline which has lots of rocks nearby
have an explore two beachs close to each other can be very different, Sandbay gets allsorts washed up whilst WSM has very little if you are the otherside there should be lots of places to look
It's for Mrs Grips scarf sale project. I was thinking of using some branches made into a T to wrap the thing as it might be in use - branches which would be easily available in the woods 30 yards from our house.
She then thought that driftwood would be a nice idea... So I was trying to conceive a trip to a beach to look for it.
Possibly too far to go to collect but vancouver island has some amazing driftwood
I live on the Severn Estuary (nearly) access isn't too hot though in many places and a walk down the mud isn't as appealing as a play on the beach
Tell me about it....after one memorable wipeout on the bore I clambered up the bank through a bramble bush to find myself in someone's vegetable patch. The householder wasn't particularly impressed to find a muddy, rubber clad bloke standing in her broad beans.
Regarding tides, this is a really good resource to plan your trip:
http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EASYTIDE/EasyTide/SelectPort.aspx
We used to collect loads from Ogmore and Southerndown whilst at University in Cardiff for a housemates art projects.