Bordeaux wall holed

Tuesday 11th March 2008, 2:28PM GMT.

Sea water pours through and over the sea wall at Bordeaux on yesterday morning’s high tide. (Picture by Doryce Gill, 0548141)

THE sea wall at Bordeaux was breached yesterday.

Granite cap stones were torn from it before the morning tide had reached its peak. The road was awash by 7.30. As the tide began to recede, water could be seen coming up through holes in it.

Harbour master Captain Peter Gill, who lives opposite the affected area, said the damage looked quite significant. ‘It’s quite clear that the Tarmac has lifted and there’s been a loss of the material from underneath,’ he said.