No through road . .

Indeed!
 
When I was a child we used to go on holiday to a caravan site near Bridlington on the East Coast. We did not have a car at the time and used to borrow my Grandad’s car. I remember so well the site that we used to return to, year after year. It was right by the sea and I remember the high cliffs and the steps we used to get down to the beach.
 
Today we decided to take a diversion on our journey north, go to the East Coast and stop at Bridlington for the night. On the way, we stopped off at Skipsea and thought we could drive through to Ulrome, which was where I thought the caravan site was. The road was now gone! Coastal erosion has taken away the road and the land that was on the other side of the road – all gone into the sea. (Here I was standing as far as I dared on a precarious edge of the cliff –DO NOT PROCEED said the sign.)
 
When we tried the other end of the road, we came upon the very site I remember and it was so sad. Most of the site had disappeared into the sea and there was no access to the beach for the few caravans left on a very forlorn-looking place. The power of the sea.
 
We are now in one of your typical seaside hotels on Bridlington’s seafront. No wifi except in the bar, where the music is Frank Sinatra, reception closes at 6.30, furniture and fittings date from the 50s, the lift from the turn of the last century, everything smells of air freshener. But we do have a view of the sea, we can hear the sea . . . and it’s a lovely sunny evening. And we have had some great fish and chips from just down the road.