{"id":2295,"date":"2022-10-06T16:20:11","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/?p=2295"},"modified":"2022-10-06T16:20:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T15:20:11","slug":"breakwater-blitz-15-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/?p=2295","title":{"rendered":"Breakwater Blitz, 15 October"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Save the date! The marina has given its blessing for a litter-picking blitz to go ahead on the eastern breakwater, from about midday on Saturday 15 October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Associated with this, we&#8217;ll also be taking part in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nurdlehunt.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">the Great Nurdle Hunt<\/a>. We collected thousands of these pesky little pellets back in 2019, and they became part of an art project by Maarten Vanden Eynde in Belgium (see video below). Maarten has recently been in touch asking if we can send more, for the next stage of this project.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/48807751872_f19ee0af03_b.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>A 2019 Breakwater Blitz haul. Photo by Rachel Holburn, who organised events throughout the year<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event is timed for low tide (1.7m), but everyone going out on to the breakwater must wear a lifejacket. I will provide rubbish bags, buckets\u00a0and gloves, and a couple of litter-picking sticks. Please wear sturdy shoes in case of broken glass etc, and clothes that you don&#8217;t mind getting a bit grubby.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/46726186155_5f65282c12_b.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>Getting down to the nitty gritty in 2019. Photo by Rachel Holburn<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As ever the Breakwater Blitz is weather-dependent &#8211; if it&#8217;s heaving with rain or too windy we&#8217;ll convene another day. Hopefully we&#8217;ll get a good day and help keep our beautiful firth clean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/47726475532_f0eae00283_b.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>One of 2019&#8217;s Blitz crews. Photo by Rachel Holburn<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Below is a video of Maarten&#8217;s project, Check Mate &#8211; it&#8217;s not in English, but you can see the idea. For next year&#8217;s exhibition he&#8217;s working on square 20, which will require 524,288 nurdles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Maarten VandenEynde - Check Mate.mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/665733383?h=a69a56b818&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"840\" height=\"443\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Save the date! The marina has given its blessing for a litter-picking blitz to go ahead on the eastern breakwater, from about midday on Saturday 15 October. Associated with this, we&#8217;ll also be taking part in the Great Nurdle Hunt. We collected thousands of these pesky little pellets back in 2019, and they became part &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/?p=2295\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Breakwater Blitz, 15 October&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2295"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2296,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2295\/revisions\/2296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queensferryrowing.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}