Looking across Embleton Bay just after sunrise towards the sunlit sand dunes at Embleton and Low Newton, with gentle waves washing up the beach in the foreground, Embleton, near Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Kayakers on the beach at Football Hole near Low Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Middle of Newton beach, Porthcawl on a sunny spring morning with big blue sky, Porthcawl, Mid-Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

An old shack on the beach selling food and drinks, Castara, Tobago, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Batiks on line on the beach, Turtle Beach, Tobago, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Waves on the beach at high tide near Low Newton by the Sea, looking towards Dunstanburgh castle, Northumberland, UK.

A holiday chalet in the sand dunes at low Newton by the Sea on Northumberland's coast stands precarioulsy close to the edge following a severe storm surge in December 2013 that caused considerable erosion to the sand dunes.