This is the sorry sight of Spurn Point, the easternmost point of Yorkshire, after the tidal surge of 5.12.13.
The photo, looking south towards the old lighthouse and lifeboat station shows the large section washed away of the dunes and temporary road surface.
This land feature does shift every 70 years or so from the constant process of alternate erosion and depositing of sand and debris as it is swept down the east coast of England.
The RNLI lifeboat station which is the only permanently manned facility in the UK now has to be staffed and supplied by boat from the North Lincolnshire coast which is just beyond the horizon of the photo.
Those living on the precarious sand spit were moved off during the year.
On a better day...........................
And in its full former glory......................................
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