tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post4914853789840869549..comments2024-03-18T10:40:00.766+00:00Comments on A Kilchoan Diary: Finding MoneyJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-86943252748917229272015-04-15T09:26:30.773+01:002015-04-15T09:26:30.773+01:00A correspondent has told me that the beach is call...A correspondent has told me that the beach is called Port Each Beag. I will add this to the database of local names which I am compiling.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-69275641219365233132015-04-13T16:03:17.069+01:002015-04-13T16:03:17.069+01:00Rest assured that there is no danger of running ou...Rest assured that there is no danger of running out of cowries, and they're very sustainable since the shells we collect are all empty of their original occupants.. Each year we go to this beach, we find more. In any case, there are plenty to be found on other beaches.<br />As to where they come from, I really don't know, but there must be something about the sea bottom just off the Shelly Beach which makes them abundant. JonJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-16251808431865711812015-04-13T15:18:23.869+01:002015-04-13T15:18:23.869+01:00Where do these shells come from, and how common ar...Where do these shells come from, and how common are they? You say collectively you gathered over a hundred shells and make similar trips each year, and my worry is that collecting such numbers might either diminish the enjoyment others could derive from them, or even be environmentally unsustainable (if there is a finite and limited number in the local area, as the article seems to suggest).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-40537152529273389972015-04-11T14:20:28.924+01:002015-04-11T14:20:28.924+01:00Any suggestion of their being edible and we'd ...Any suggestion of their being edible and we'd never have got the girls away from there!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-79775532526110911732015-04-11T09:03:55.829+01:002015-04-11T09:03:55.829+01:00An absorbing photograph of the shells; such colour...An absorbing photograph of the shells; such colours. I am intrigued by the two red and blue interlopers - maybe the lesser spotted and the greater spotted beach jellies, or are they the legs of the common sugar star?Derryck Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00351680886475749476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-34419012762142274572015-04-10T17:02:55.910+01:002015-04-10T17:02:55.910+01:00It must have been a good year for cowries. The gi...It must have been a good year for cowries. The girls have never collected so many. And, yes, you've read a similar post before - but it does intrigue me, the way that this expedition is always their favourite, and the way the adults, including me, are down on our knees finding.... very few. JonJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11348491898920520197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1885184849467086568.post-12924535811268637312015-04-10T16:48:28.195+01:002015-04-10T16:48:28.195+01:00You say the family only collect a few, but between...You say the family only collect a few, but between them over a hundred, I read this post each year and they collect them as there will not be any left for other people to collect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com