Beds at the top of the beach Close up of wave cut platform
July 2003 - South from Reighton, Cretaceous Speeton Clay beds Close up of the beds 
This was more like shale More of the grey shale
A change in the material forming the cliffs - grey and crumbly, with a layer of sulphur Cliffs of grey shale 
Close up Screwdriver for size - is 10.5 cm long
Brown item in the centre was a belemnite covered in crystals  Gryphaea in clay beds
The whole of Filey Bay spread out in all its glory from Speeton cliffs Dramatic red chalk - and a challenging climb down
View from Speeton cliffs (second visit!) Unfortunately, the path has collapsed
View towards Bempton cliffs Zoomed in from the beach, beyond the wide expanse of rocks
The long difficult climb worth it for the view The chalk is dazzling white in the sun
Red chalk of Hunstanton formation The zoom on the camera is a wonderful thing!
The cliffs are not very accessible Close up of the red strata at foot of the cliff
At the foot of Bempton cliffs Layers of red chalk and thin marls
Could only access these by zoom But these I managed to study close up
My compass for scale! (needle pointing north) Goldy-brown lumps of pyrite
Shelly fossils in a large lump of chalk Different part of the beach, north of Speeton Beck - pyrite nodules in clay
My screwdriver for scale again - 10.5 cm long Another job for the trusty screwdriver!
Still walking northwards - belemnites There were large lumps of these stones in the shaley bedding layers
Need to spend some time with the Geologists' Guide to identify these! Very colourful strata!
Clear layers of strata of Speeton clay formation near the "Laura" boilers A bit further up the beach, the beds change again
October 2004 - planar stratification in the beach sand

The stream has cut through the beach, revealing these layers

 Bempton cliffs in far distance

Large section of boulder clay has collapsed onto the beach - beach beds obscured
My walking stick for scale Someone had thoughtfully broken this one open!
However, the slip has exposed these beds - and large nodules containing calcite
Speeton Clay evident on the beach at foot of glacial till Beds in the cliff (Black Cliff?)
My stick for scale Large chunks on the beach, "available" for close up study!
Mid-left and right, two ammonite fragments Collapsed beds - Black Cliff
Very delicate - all the white "marks" in the layers were fossils Another picture of this higher up - taken last year
Fossil ammonite in fallen chunk Colour contrast
Folding Carr Naze on the skyline
Lots of folding in the shaley layers of mudstone "Laura" boilers in the sea, Filey in the distance
It's raining over the sea! The road to the beach was blown up at the start of World War 2 Ammonite fragments; belemnite; calcite crystals; bivalve shells
Broken road leading down the cliff Bits and pieces from the beach

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