Before I head inland for a week in the Yorkshire Dales I thought that another trip to the coast would ease the withdrawal pangs. Rather than drive to my usual haunts of Whitby or Fraisthorpe I decided that a bit of sea action on rocks was the requirement. The wind was forecast to be a reasonable easterly so Flamborough Head and in particular Selwicks Bay seemed to provide the best potential.

Not for the first time I didn’t get what I expected. There was quite a pleasant breeze but nowhere near enough to excite the sea into any sort of frenzy against the rocks. The sky was also incredibly blue and mostly clear of clouds so straight away I knew that black and white was the order of the day. At least the tide was high so I could watch whilst the water slipped away from the top of the beach to beyond the sea stack.

As there were no waves at all, other than a few random ripples I set up my camera to take long exposures to flatten out the sea completely and I focused on the area around the sea stack. The photographs in this gallery are from this area of the beach.

I had to pack up when the tourists arrived at lunchtime and were settling down with their picnics right in my foreground. I didn’t mind too much as I’d had plenty of time on my own to enjoy watching the tide.

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