Lego Lost At Sea
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Writer, beachcomber, all at sea. Founder of the award-winning Lego Lost At Sea project. Current Archaeology Rescue Project of the Year. Author of Adrift, The Curious Tale of the Lego Lost At Sea. Cornwall. MD ANT.
Back in 2021, my dog unearthed some buried 'treasure' trapped between rocks. Followers here identified it as a windsurf fin, even naming the Australian designer. The next day, we had an email from the designer himself, Graeme Attey. A piece of windsurfing memorabilia from the 1980s.
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Back in 2021, my dog unearthed some buried 'treasure' trapped between rocks. Followers here identified it as a windsurf fin, even naming the Australian designer. The next day, we had an email from the designer himself, Graeme Attey. A piece of windsurfing memorabilia from the 1980s.
Plastic flowers and foliage picked up from Cornish beaches.
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Plastic flowers and foliage picked up from Cornish beaches.
We've been down on the beach today picking up firework debris. It's odd, isn't it, that you can be fined £250 for dropping litter but somehow it's OK to launch rockets containing plastic casings into the sky.
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We've been down on the beach today picking up firework debris. It's odd, isn't it, that you can be fined £250 for dropping litter but somehow it's OK to launch rockets containing plastic casings into the sky.
Archaeology of the plastic hair curler.
All found on Cornish beaches.
All found on Cornish beaches.
October 29, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Archaeology of the plastic hair curler.
All found on Cornish beaches.
All found on Cornish beaches.
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yeah I had a few of these
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
yeah I had a few of these
October 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The changing nature of beachcombing. Construction related debris, picked up from the beach.
October 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The changing nature of beachcombing. Construction related debris, picked up from the beach.
Another of these mystery items has just washed up. What are they and where are they coming from? #oceanplastic
October 23, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Another of these mystery items has just washed up. What are they and where are they coming from? #oceanplastic
Storm brewing...
October 21, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Storm brewing...
We were rifling through an old bag of beach finds in the shed today and found the beging again, two years to the day when we first discovered it. Picture taken on 20th October 2023. Odd.
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
We were rifling through an old bag of beach finds in the shed today and found the beging again, two years to the day when we first discovered it. Picture taken on 20th October 2023. Odd.
Monkey business.
October 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Monkey business.
Ah, Turper, that well known brand of detergent. Anyone ever heard of it?
October 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Ah, Turper, that well known brand of detergent. Anyone ever heard of it?
Whose weapon is this, among the nurdles?🤔
October 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Whose weapon is this, among the nurdles?🤔
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the penultimate word in this post is the name of a village in cornwall and it is not pronounced how you think it is
While picking up plastic from the beach earlier this year, we spotted this tiny Playmobil mouse among all the nurdles, biobeads and microplastics. Curiously it was the second Playmobil mouse we had discovered, though neither was found at Mousehole, disappointingly.
October 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
the penultimate word in this post is the name of a village in cornwall and it is not pronounced how you think it is
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This image, this poor plastic
horse all out of place, keeps reminding me of the end of Kurosawa’s Kagemusha, when the battlefield is full of men screaming and the bewildered horses nearly upside down, their legs kicking at smoke.
horse all out of place, keeps reminding me of the end of Kurosawa’s Kagemusha, when the battlefield is full of men screaming and the bewildered horses nearly upside down, their legs kicking at smoke.
October 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
This image, this poor plastic
horse all out of place, keeps reminding me of the end of Kurosawa’s Kagemusha, when the battlefield is full of men screaming and the bewildered horses nearly upside down, their legs kicking at smoke.
horse all out of place, keeps reminding me of the end of Kurosawa’s Kagemusha, when the battlefield is full of men screaming and the bewildered horses nearly upside down, their legs kicking at smoke.
On the strandline tonight, among a sea of plastic, another toy wheel from a cargo spill. Over the years, beachcombers have picked up hundreds of these.
October 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
On the strandline tonight, among a sea of plastic, another toy wheel from a cargo spill. Over the years, beachcombers have picked up hundreds of these.
It’s World Octopus Day. There were 4,200 Lego octopuses inside the shipping container that fell off the Tokio Express back in 1997. We found our first Lego octopus soon afterwards but didn’t discover another for 18 years. #WorldOctopusDay #oceanplastic 
October 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It’s World Octopus Day. There were 4,200 Lego octopuses inside the shipping container that fell off the Tokio Express back in 1997. We found our first Lego octopus soon afterwards but didn’t discover another for 18 years. #WorldOctopusDay #oceanplastic 
While raking through some gravel in the lane beside our house as we searched for a buried water meter we found this small dinosaur head
October 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
While raking through some gravel in the lane beside our house as we searched for a buried water meter we found this small dinosaur head
Here's an even older plastic bag that we found during a recent beach clean. According to the very helpful folk at the M&S Archive, this particular bag was in use in their food halls c.1973 – 1976. It even had the remains of a 50 year old tin inside, hence the discolouration.
September 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Here's an even older plastic bag that we found during a recent beach clean. According to the very helpful folk at the M&S Archive, this particular bag was in use in their food halls c.1973 – 1976. It even had the remains of a 50 year old tin inside, hence the discolouration.
Not sure how old this plastic bag is but Gateway supermarkets have been around since the 1960s. In 1990 they began to be rebranded as Somerfield. Exposed by shifting sands and found during one of our recent beach cleans. #plasticarchaeology #Anthropocene
September 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Not sure how old this plastic bag is but Gateway supermarkets have been around since the 1960s. In 1990 they began to be rebranded as Somerfield. Exposed by shifting sands and found during one of our recent beach cleans. #plasticarchaeology #Anthropocene
Beauty and the Beast: a beachcombed Belle among a sea of plastic, all washed up together on 4th January 2022.
#Anthropocene #plasticbeach #Cornwall
#Anthropocene #plasticbeach #Cornwall
September 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Beauty and the Beast: a beachcombed Belle among a sea of plastic, all washed up together on 4th January 2022.
#Anthropocene #plasticbeach #Cornwall
#Anthropocene #plasticbeach #Cornwall
The Dentalux toothbrush shown here and found last week is from the cargo ship Wec Van Eyck, which lost a container of Lidl goods bound for Spain in Feb 22. Many years ago, a friend found 100s of unused toothbrushes washed up. He told us he had a lifetime's supply for his family.
September 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The Dentalux toothbrush shown here and found last week is from the cargo ship Wec Van Eyck, which lost a container of Lidl goods bound for Spain in Feb 22. Many years ago, a friend found 100s of unused toothbrushes washed up. He told us he had a lifetime's supply for his family.
And so another sort out begins. Just some of the many hundreds of recognisable items picked up from Cornish beaches last week, though we're not sure what the triangular object above the melon-scented lip tint is...
September 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
And so another sort out begins. Just some of the many hundreds of recognisable items picked up from Cornish beaches last week, though we're not sure what the triangular object above the melon-scented lip tint is...
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