Filey Brigg

A long finger of rock reaching out into the North Sea at the northern end of Filey Bay, backed by Filey Brigg Country Park on the clifftop. The Brigg is a dramatic geological subject, a natural breakwater exposed at low tide with wave-cut scars, rock pools and often grey seals hauled out. Launch from the country park grass or, better, from the beach below the high-water line where the foreshore is Crown land, keeping you clear of council country-park byelaw questions. The Brigg itself is a SSSI with roosting and nesting seabirds, so fly around it rather than over it, and never buzz the seals, disturbance can be an offence. From the air the promontory jutting into blue-green sea, with the crescent of Filey Bay curving south towards Flamborough, is a stunning composition. The country park car park (Church Cliff) sits right above the launch. No FRZ, nearest airport Humberside around 50km southwest. It can be windy and exposed on the point, choose a settled day. Best at low tide when the full length of the Brigg is revealed and the light rakes across the rock.