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April 2001 

Taken from the Anchor Hotel at Seatown, this photo shows the River Winniford after a big offshore low pressure combined with a storm surge at a high tide. Normally a 'lost river', (meaning it doesn't empty into the sea, it is stopped by the shingle and 'escapes' by percolating through shingle), for 24 hours it wasn't.

April 2001 

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Taken from the beach just east of Wear Cliffs and Golden Cap, it shows the view towards Ridge Hill, Thorncombe Beacon and Doghouse Hill. The village of Seatown is on the immediate left.

October 2001 

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This photo shows that minimal changes to the beach between Seatown and Golden Cap. The base of Wear Cliffs is unreachable due to talus from earlier landslips. The Belemnite Marl can only be seen at low tide under Golden Cap.

May 2003 

This photo shows the slight changes to the beach between Seatown and Golden Cap. The large landslip mass on the beach seen during October 2001 (see previous photo), has since been washed away by high tides.

October 2001 

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This photo shows what the River Winniford looks like when it is a normal 'lost river'. The shingle and pebbles blocking the course of the river is over six foot high.

October 2001 

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Taken from the top of Ridge Cliff, looking west, this photo shows the relationship of Seatown, to the two westerly hills, Golden Cap, and the inland ridge of Langdon Hill.

October 2001 

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Looking east from under Golden Cap, most of the beach is covered in shingle, limiting the exposures of Belemnite Marl.