Spurn Point
It was August 30th 2006 when we set off to Spurn Point, a small spit of land sticking out from the East Coast of England. Home to a disused lighthouse (Spurn Head) and a lifeboat station. The real joy of Spurn is that it is so narrow, in some places less than 50 metres across. We had a nice wander around the place and stopped off in the Spurn Head Cafe before heading back across the Humber bridge to home.
There are always ship out in the Humber Estuary awaiting the 'Humber Pilot' to lead them in.
The water is so muddy because this is actually a large river Estuary (River Humber) and this little spit of land, created from sand and shingle washed along the coast forms the north bank of that estuary
The lighthouse is disused but still makes an interesting feature of this small area
Sarah is looking all 'windswept and interesting' as we loiter around on the beach watching a couple of fishermen beach-casting
The lifeboat station is an RNLI station manned all year round
The area is also a nature reserve owned by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
There is a wealth of history about this place too, from the middle ages when it was home to the port of Ravenspurn, through the placing of coastal artillery batteries in World War I and the now disused railway that can still be seen in places.
If you are North of the Humber and looking for something to do, you could do worse than visit Spurn Point and walk its length to the old lighthouse.