A couple of weeks ago I visited Happisburgh (for those who don't speak Norfolk, that's pronounced Haze-bruh). This is an area where the power of coastal erosion is on clear display. The soft cliffs are in full retreat, many houses have been lost to the sea and it's a matter of when, not if, for the others. We arrived at high tide and couldn't get near the old wooden sea defences that we were hoping to 10-stop. Whilst trying to find other routes down to the beach, we walked over what had once been a static caravan park. The satellite view on Google maps showed dozens of vans and a u-shaped service road. All that remained was the odd broken caravan and two stubby sections of road, each ending at the cliff.
At least the Lighthouse is still there. And easy to get to. I had seen many images of it shot from a field. The field typically containing ripe wheat or barley. I was expecting a bit of a hike to find that viewpoint, but it was actually right by the carpark. What Will Cheung calls a Cavalier shot, because you can take it out of the window of your Vauxhall Cavalier.
This year's crop was sugarbeat. Less interesting than wheat or barley for normal shots, but superb for IR
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