A walk along the West Pier by jduck1979
We have two piers here in Whitby, jutting out into the sea..... the West Pier is in the better condition of the two, and has a lighthouse you can climb to the top of (for a small fee) on some days in the summer.... and further on an extension (closed when the weather is crap, and the sea rough as a result).Along the stone main part of the pier (with concrete paving) you'll see some arty-farty type person has been engraving dinosaur fossils into the concrete...... and the scenary is stunning: on one side, you have the East Cliff, with the Abbey + the TV transmitter (which is soon to be relocated before it falls off the edge of the bloody cliff)........ on the other, is the view across the bay, along Whiby Beach towards Sandsend / "Sandsend Ness" (the sticky out cliff bit, according to the Ordanance survey map, that's what it's called).
After the lighthouse comes the Pier Extension..... the top part of which is a surefire cure for constipation if you don't like heights, as the surface consists of boards like railway sleepers with 1cm gaps between 'em. At the end (below the green tower thingy) is some steps down to the concrete lower part of the extension, which is a pretty good place to sea fish (seem to get bigger crabs than near the swing bridge there).... while there's a view out to sea that's seems never ending, but I think it's about level with Denmark on the world atlas, viewing range I estimate at about 15-20miles going by an Oil Exploration rig they had 13miles out to sea about 10+ years ago.