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This has become one of my favourite places to go if I want to do some photography or sketching. It's ominously called 'The Strangles' beach, probably because the waters are quite treacherous. It is a very steep walk down and back, which deters most people from going and ensures it's quiet and empty.

Although I focus on art, I nearly always go walking with my camera in my pack. One time I went to the beach and there was a man in a top hat riding a penny farthing along the shoreline, whilst being mobbed by seagulls...and I of course did not have my camera! So now I put it in just in case. It’s also really helpful to get your own reference photos and have a break from art. I like the immediacy of it, and having to be out in nature to get the photo, rather than hunched over my desk scribbling away.

Description
This has become one of my favourite places to go if I want to do some photography or sketching. It's ominously called 'The Strangles' beach, probably because the waters are quite treacherous. It is a very steep walk down and back, which deters most people from going and ensures it's quiet and empty.

Although I focus on art, I nearly always go walking with my camera in my pack. One time I went to the beach and there was a man in a top hat riding a penny farthing along the shoreline, whilst being mobbed by seagulls...and I of course did not have my camera! So now I put it in just in case. It’s also really helpful to get your own reference photos and have a break from art. I like the immediacy of it, and having to be out in nature to get the photo, rather than hunched over my desk scribbling away.