I am on the road again for Trip 3 for my photo stories blog. This time it is Happisburgh, Mundesley, Cromer then Skegness. When I started to research this part of the Eastern coast (see Cromer blog post, which will appear next week) I came across this article: "Warning some coastal towns and villages will have to be relocated due to erosion" in Lincolnshire Live, June, 2022. It read:
"In places like Happisburgh on the north Norfolk coast and parts of the coastline of the East Riding of Yorkshire, the Environment Agency is working with local authorities and residents to plan for the long term. Schemes include restoring and creating habitats to include green buffer zones, and replacing public or community-owned buildings in areas at risk with removable, modular, or other innovative buildings".
There it is again, this management of change idea that came up in the Turnstall post, from Trip 1. Also community buildings that a movable sounds slightly nomadic. Because my research into Trips 1&2 on the East Yorkshire coast has increased my interest in coastal erosion, on Trip 3 I decided to pay a visit to Happisburgh on my way to Cromer. When I arrived it was very cloudy and later rained. I found another Road to Nowhere (my 4th), and was flat on the floor getting arty shots of it when Dave and Mable, from Birkenshaw in Yorkshire, came over to check I was still alive! Haha. They did tell me the name of their dog, which I forgot instantly. Had a good chat, they used to walk up the top of the cliffs on this now lost road. Dave was born in Leeds, just like myself. This is a beautiful spot and I will definitely revisit.
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