Cayton Bay - first, trip from Lebberston cliff

Yons Nab View looking south east from top of Yons Nab
Lebberston: Southern side of Yons Nab from Lebberston cliff - early evening View from the cliff path to Cayton Bay - Filey in far distance
View from top of Red Cliff, looking north View looking north - you can just see Scarborough castle
Cayton Bay, looking towards Osgodby Point Fault at Osbodby Point, Scarborough behind
Red Cliff, Cayton Bay At the foot of the cliffs - Osgodby formation
Looking at Red Cliff and the fault, mid picture Didn't go too close - the cliffs looked very fractured, with scree falling from Oxford Clay shales above
Another visit to Cayton Bay - 20 February 2004 - I decided to look at the northern end This is eastern (upthrow) side of the fault
Osgodby Point and Cayton Bay fault Yons Nab beds in cliff; Millepore beds at base of cliff
My walking stick for scale 5p piece for scale
Close up of rocks on western (downthrow) side of fault - Callovian strata This was in a rock on the shore
Boulder clay and trees come down to the beach in this area Evidence of bivalves in the rocks
Heading south, Oxford Clay sometimes visible on the beach Getting nearer to Tenants' cliff, a layer of harder rocks
Sweep around the north end of the Bay Rocks near the foot of Tenants' Cliff
Looking back towards Osgodby Point Rocks showing bioturbation
The same Lower Calcareous Grit caps the top of Red Cliff Low (spring) tide
Tenants' Cliff - in Lower Calcareous Grit Formation Piles of rocks at front of beach uncovered by low tide - looking back at the Point
Penny for scale Both faults downthrow to the west
These were in a lump of rock at the north end of the Bay - bivalves in sandstone.   Rough map of geology and faults at Cayton Bay - north is at top of the picture; orange is Cornbrash; Oxford Clay and Lower Calcareous Grit indicated
22 May 2004: we walked to Cayton Bay along the cliffs from Lebberston, past Gristhorpe Bay, Yons Nab, and over Red Cliff.  We noticed a large section of the cliff had slid down at Gristhorpe Bay (right).  The cliff path is very near the edge in places, and Red Cliff is very high!  (below) This section of the cliff (boulder clay) has slipped since last year
Bob walking along the path - Red Cliff to the right!
Don't step too near the edge - this is the view down! Southern end of the Cayton Bay fault, behind the waterworks
Line of fault - from behind Scarborough castle, through Osgodby Point, behind waterworks

Cayton Bay fault - Scarborough beyond; Cornelian Bay behind Osgodby Point
Trying out my new travel painting set!

Water colour sketch of Red Cliff - I did this from Osgodby Point when we had our picnic lunch

 This is the line of the fault at Osgodby Point
Sedimentary structures in Yons Nab beds, Osgodby Point Millepore beds (Lebberston member) provide a natural reef beyond the Point
Cayton Bay - Red Cliff fault seen from waterworks
Despite the wind, a beautiful day at Cayton Bay - we walked back to Lebberston along the road

Below: trip to Cayton, September 2004
Yons Nab beds, Lebberston cliffs Looking down from the top of Red Cliff - Gristhorpe Plant Bed and Lebberston Member
Zoomed in on these rocks, very yellow Looking over the cliff, line of Red Cliff fault marked by line of reefs on the upthrown side
Looking towards Red Cliff, Cayton Bay, from the water's edge Cliffs at Cayton Bay
Osgodby Formation at Red Cliff, Cayton Bay The tide was very far out and the sea very calm so I walked right up to the water's edge for the long distance views above - you might just see that the lower line of bedding "sags" (above left).  Above: Osgodby Formation (Redcliff Rock Member with Hackness Member above), Oxford Clay above that - Bob for scale!  (Left) Easy access to the rock face - where are all the boulders which were here in October (Pictures on SEOUGS visit page) - or in the picture higher up this page? 

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