I have seen quite a few photographs of Marsden Beach and have studied it on OS and Google Maps. (Vera has also filmed there in a recent series}. In addition to long sandy beaches there are a large number of sea stacks standing just off the cliffs which have water swirling around them most of the day.

The only downside to Marsden Beach is that it is almost a 2 hour drive from York so it isn’t a place that I can pop to in the same way I do to Fraisthorpe, Flamborough or Whitby. However, there are only so many maps and photographs a girl can study so I decided to pack up a picnic, kit and wellies and head to Marsden for the day.

It was glorious. Not only were there sea stacks and splendid cliffs but there were also lots of little rocky inlets around which the sea was eddying and I spent more than a happy hour trying to capture the flow of the water and detail in the rocks.

Also see the Coastal Photography Gallery