'All Summer Long'

You can capture that 'all summer long' feeling of Coca-Cola 35 years after the event, as I did walking along the beach today when this coke can washed up at my feet. I can think of a few choice words I could invent to send to Coca-Cola that would capture my feelings about their ancient debris washing in on the tide...
Send your suggestions to "All summer long", The Coca-Cola Company, Slough, Berks SL1 2NW.

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Sand play

I had a brilliant time the other day playing on the beach at Winterton in Norfolk with teacher and animator, Becca, who was gamely showing me how to animate plastic! After weeks of drought and sunshine, the weather was VERY testing with huge downpours at regular intervals (though sadly not a drop at home in Suffolk in my drought-ridden garden).
But we managed to test a couple of ideas between storms - you can see what Becca did here....

Can't wait to put what I learnt into practice soon!

A new world record!!

Found on a local beach: the oldest recorded crisp packet ever washed up on a beach anywhere*...

Sadly this pre-decimal packet of Golden Wonder crisps was not found by me but, rather appropriately, by flyintheface artist-in-residence, Jane Darke, whilst staying here earlier this month. Jane is well known for her 'wrecking' on the Atlantic coast Cornwall coast which she documented with her late husband Nick Darke in her brilliant and haunting film, The Wrecking Season.
 To see more of Jane's work, visit her website.

* unless you know different....?

the plastic found in a single turtle's stomach...

This is the actual debris found in the stomach of a single green sea turtle, as reported in last week's Independent...
Read more here.

the oldest yet...

Found whilst walking on the beach the other day: a pre-decimal packet of Quavers... If a crisp packet can last over 40 years in the ocean, how long will the rest of our rubbish last???*

*For answer see http://www.flyintheface.com/plastic%20is%20forever.html