A student from Penryn has set himself the ambitious task of documenting every beach in Cornwall.

The journey along the Cornish coastline would be over 300 miles, with Alex Blaby following the South West Coast Path, England’s longest waymarked coast path.

The 25 year-old writes on his campaign page: “Cornwall has over 400 beaches, so I have set myself a huge task, however, I feel this is an important project.

“With rising sea levels and plastic waste filling the ocean and laying waste to shorelines, who knows how much longer we will be able to enjoy such beautiful beaches.”

Alex’s journey will start just south of Plymouth and finish just north of Bude as he hopes to highlight how precious our coastlines are.

The marine and natural history student from Falmouth University, has also stated that he would like to gather samples of sand from every beach.

He said: “I will upon my return, using a microscope, create a series of images allowing an insight into the microscopic world and hopefully develop them into a book.”

Alex aims to produce a book from the coastal photographs too.

“The future is yet unwritten for British coastlines, if we lose our sandy, and some not so sandy, shores it is important that future generations have a document of what was lost.”

Throughout his journey, Alex will be passing down through coastal towns of Charlestown, Falmouth, Penzance and then up the north coast with St Ives, Newquay and Widemouth Bay.

“My long-term ambition is to photograph the entire UK coastline documenting every beach that surrounds us, I have chosen to start with the Cornish coast as it is by far the most iconic and one of the most ecologically important areas of the UK.”

Alex is looking for donations from members of the public to help fund supplies for the trip such as camping gear, food, camera film and ferry fares, with the journey expected to take up to six weeks.

More information can be found at: https://igg.me/at/MSdCg3ZwzkA/x/21781778