Come and celebrate to much awaited official opening of the Totland sea wall.

Assemble at 1:45, then walk, led by FaT Samba to the new path over the landslip for the official opening and sea shanties from The Brighstone Barnacles.

Meet at The Waterfront, end at Colwell.

Fossil Hunt and Bug Catch / plus Bench Carving
On the "big day" a team of 'art - ecologists' will be at the Totland Sea Wall Opening Bash on Sunday 13th September (1:45) to tell the story of the Totland landslip - Site of Special Scientific Interest.

An Island team of ecologists and community workers engage with local people about the natural world on their doorstep that’s sometimes overlooked!

So, at Totland, there will be a beautiful carved bench by the new path, made in oak and etched with images of the fossils you can find all around; there will be an interpretation panel that tells the story of the landslip and captures 35 million years of biodiversity, from prehistoric lake and estuary snails to today’s mining bees and orchids!

The team will be there on the BIG OPENING day to talk about all of this with a fossil hunt and bug-catch and lay out a collection of the things to be found along the path, cliffs and shore nearby.

We will also bring the bench and show it being carved and made on the day itself! There will be early sketches for the information boards and host of other information about the natural heritage of this amazing place. Ideal for children.

Listen to the sea shanties from the top and have a potter and meet the art-ecologists!

Afterwards at the Longbeach Bar.