oh I do like to be beside the seaside....

on a very wet and windy day

At 335ft (100m), Cleethorpes Pier in North East Lincolnshire is one of the shortest in the UK.
When it first opened, the walkway was 1,200ft (365m) long but in World War II a section of the pier was removed amid fears of German invasion.

After the war the isolated part of the pier was demolished, reducing it to its present length.

Last month the pier - which was built at a cost of £8,000 and opened in 1873 - failed to reach its £400,000 guide price at auction. However it was sold 3 days ago for an undisclosed price.