Walk along the beach from new steps at Happisburgh to Cart Gap. 1 June 2003
Compare with latest walk - 14 February 2004
 The new steps opened Thursday 29 May 2003. Finally Happisburgh can get down to the beach again after almost 6 months |
 Many are complaining about the size of the mesh - dogs have to be carried, and walking sticks get stuck. |
 The view back towards the remains of the ramp, with the RNLI boathouse and Coastguard station on top. |
 The cliff here is still eroding, but the top section spans quite a way in from the edge. |
 The remains of the ramp look very impressive from underneath. |
 It is clear how much the structure has been undermined. |
 There is now plenty of space between the current line of the cliff and the pre-60's defences Chalets stood on top of the cliff here until last year. |
 Sad remains of the southern part of the revetments. The beach should be at least level with the top of the now exposed steel shuttering. |
 Although unsightly, this tubing buried after the war has been providing valiant protection for this corner. Notice the precariously perched garages behind the tea shop. |
 The end of Beach Road from underneath. Fresh collapses here. |
 Fresh collapses here also - every tide sees some more cliff gone somewhere along the stretch between Beach Road and Low Light. |
 There is a strata with groundwater seeping out, also note how water running off the fields here picks out softer areas of sandstone. |
 The bay formed to the south of Beach Road has a lovely expanse of sand at low tide. |
 Different textures of sandstone put up varying amounts of defence to the sea. |
 The sand martins obviously like this bit. |
 At the start of the concrete sea wall at Low Light, just north of Cart Gap. Sand has been building up here in recent weeks - it can often be several feet lower here. |
 Finally a view from one of the landmark buildings potentially at risk from the sea - the Lighthouse. |