Trip to Robin Hood's Bay (a late birthday present - 16 March, 2003); and August 2003

Bay Town - a little misty towards Ravenscar Looking towards Ness Point
The tide is out, so the scars are easily seen The cliffs at Ness Point are sandstone
The cliffs going towards Boggle Hole Lower Lias shales at the bottom of the cliffs
The boulder clay cliffs crumble away Rock base to cliffs further down the beach
Cliffs going round to Boggle Hole Cliffs facing the sea
Close up of the cliff face The shale scars, uncovered at low tide
Bits of the cliff face are breaking away The stream runs over the scars at Boggle Hole
Bob stands outside the hole to give a scale Looking back across the Bay
Bob at Boggle Hole Ness Point looks far away - watch out for the tide!
It's a long walk back to Bay Town Shelly rock
The big red stone in the foreground -  - is actually covered in fossil shells
West Cliff, Whitby What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?
This is Whitby - more cliffs View across to the Abbey
Stream trickles down the cliff
Fossil shells found on the beach - x2 Last look at the cliffs at Robin Hood's Bay
Lower Jurassic strata at Boggle Hole, Robin Hood's Bay Crumbly grey mudstoney-shale
Return visit in August Close up of the bedding
Cave beside the stream at Boggle Hole - Bob for scale Fractures in the bedding
Notice missing bits (compare with March!) Looking back towards Boggle Hole
5p for scale! Where's that 5p gone?
Line of bedding marked with yellow - sulphur? This is the same section, in context
Very fresh cliff fall - plants still growing in the mud! Stunning white cliff around the corner
Collapsing boulder clay along the bay Dripping water, turning the cliff white 
Crumbling cliffs again Looking towards Ravenscar
The "white" cliff is on the far right With low tide, the curve of the "dome" is clear
Scars exposed by the low tide Compass for scale, pointing north
Siliceous shale scars around the bay A pyritised ammonite - small but beautiful!
My compass for scale again Bob for scale?
Calcareous shales with shells Bob is looking at the calcareous rocks

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