N is for,,,

...NORTH LANDING, Flamborough

Sorry, I held out on using Flamborough for as long as possible, but North Landing?... Flamborough IS North Landing.

Here it is in all its different moods:

Tide in, calm seas

Tide in ... look at the color of the water! Beautiful, but cold! Visitors going out in one of the cobles (yes, just one 'b') for a "Trip Round the Caves". If you visit do take this trip -- it is well worth it. You get to go in at least one large cave which can only be reached by boat.

A very different day.  Imagine the fishermen trying to get in to the Landing through breakers like that.
But they often did, sometimes with catastrophic results.  The description below is taken from the Flamborough lifeboat web page:

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Loss of 'Gleaner' and 'Two Brothers' - 5th February 1909

Two local fishing cobles had been out fishing, when the more experienced crews had remained ashore. A severe gale was imminent, but as John Cross needed money to feed his family, he put to sea. By the time they were returning to North Landing the gale was raging. The entrance to North Landing is narrow and with rock platforms (known as 'Scars') at either side force the sea into steep rollers. As the weather gets worse the rollers get wider and eventually seal off the entrance.


The coble 'Two Brothers' was the first to attempt the narrow channel into the landing. On board were George Gibbon, Melchoir Chadwick, and Thomas Leng Major. They negotiated the channel successfully although it was touch and go. As they were half way home the coble 'Gleaner' made her attempt to enter the landing. A particularly large roller struck the boat and capsized her, throwing the crew into the boiling sea. The crew were John Cross and his two sons, Robert Cross and Richard Major Cross.
The crew of the 'Two Brothers', on seeing the stricken boat and crew turned their coble around. They made their way back to the scene, but another wave capsized their boat as well. Both crews and boats met their fate near to a point known locally as West Scar.

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This is an old photo of another ship that ran onto the rocks in the fog. There are numerous wrecks around the headland, including John Paul Jones' ship the 'Bonhomme Richard'.  There are crews diving, looking for its remains right now.

 This is a painting I did back in the 80's looking north from North Landing.

 

This is my copy of an old painting done by an artist whose name we couldn't decipher.


So N is for North Landing, Flamborough 
which is located on the East Coast of  Yorkshire, UK., and is usually marked on maps as Flamborough Head.