Contents of the 29mm bottle.

Self explanatory really.

Mermaid?

This happened by accident-honest!

Contents of the 12mm bottle

These are the smallest pieces in my collection and all fit through a 12mm bottle neck.

Teignmouth pier

Note that the beach has disappeared under water.

Teignmouth harbour, looking landward

Some of the buildings on the waterfront.

Teignmouth harbour, looking towards Shaldon.

Known as the Salty by the locals because at low tide you may almost walk across the river estuary.

Teignmouth beach, looking west.

Taken in February 2009 when the tide was out.

Tidal predictions

Found this site to be useful. It has week by week predictions for most beaches and associated ports. When is the best time to find sea glass? My experience is that the more stones washed up the more sea glass will be too, and this is usually to be found when the tides are diminishing (neap tides).http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EASYTIDE/EasyTide/index.aspx

What is this all about?

The sea glass on Teignmouth beach has been formed over many centuries as Teignmouth has been a working port for a long time. The glass is predominantly white with bluish tints. There are some green pieces too, but these are mainly thin glass and not very attractive as they have not been worn by tidal action for as long as the white and bluish pieces. I can collect around 30 acceptable pieces a week. I discard those pieces which have sharp edges, unless they have some interesting marking or shape. There are a few blue and dark green or brown pieces, but these are very rare.

For other and more interesting blogs see http://seaglasslovers.ning.com/

Collection from Teignmouth

I have been collecting sea glass for a few months from Teignmouth beach. It is currently being stored in glass bottles, as you can see. These are oldish bottles acquired from second hand shops or boot sales. My aim is to fill the bottles with sea glass. It will probably take another 120 years to complete this task.