Is it too early to ask?

The clocks ticking. Anything planned for New Years Eve? Is it the usual pub-home-first foot etc?

For reasons unknown (others have asked why), I prefer to be on a coastline around sunset on New Years Eve. I'll look back at the last year and say farewell to colleagues and friends lost over the years.

Seeing the final geographic sunset of the year has always been of importance to me since being out of the UK.

This year, I'll be at Whitby, (UK) weather permitting. For all of my visits there, I'm at odds of whether I'll see a decent sunset there as I can't remember if the sun can be seen to set over the West Cliff?

Are you a creature of habit?

Best regards.

Yes, creature of habit.

Never bother/stay up to see the new year in.


Take care.

Good grief, I haven't even started thinking about Christmas yet, never mind New Years.
Sinterklaas here today, so will start thinking about Christmas tomorrow.

New Year's will be spent at home, suffering the fireworks all day. I don't know if we'll stay up or not but if we do no doubt we'll go out and greet the neighbours, whilst dodging fireworks.

I don't like New Year and don't get all the celebrations around it. Personally I'd be happiest going away somewhere quiet and waiting until it's all over.

We started a few years ago to hold our New Years Eve Karaoke Party for family and close friends and this has become a fixture. Sometimes we use our Pentax compacts to record parts of the performances and sometimes they even find their way to Facebook.

The performance of say the I-10 is totally acceptable for this sort of impromptu shooting. It doesn't need to be a work of art. Obviously the quality of the performances overcomes any deficiency in the recording...

Are you suggesting the I-10 is a bit naff, John?

That's the second time in a few days I've caught you suggesting that something Pentax might not be the very tip toppest of tippety top.

Are you sure you're feeling Ok?

I thought Whitby was on the east coast of the UK, but don't know the layout of the cliffs. Would have thought the west coast of the UK best for viewing sunsets.

If You were on the end of the north pier, the sun will set over the Royal Hotel at 15.48, minus the height of the cliff!

Because the North East Coast runs steeply North West and not due North there are times of the year when you see sunsets while looking out over the North Sea from the North Yorkshire Coast.
David

Is that what you want me to be suggesting? Or am I suggesting that for impromptu family videos compact cameras are more than good enough? Or perhaps I'm suggesting that no amount of poor filming could reduce the staggering quality of our vocal prowess?

Please tick the boxes that apply...

Because the North East Coast runs steeply North West and not due North there are times of the year when you see sunsets while looking out over the North Sea from the North Yorkshire Coast.
David[/quote]I can't quite work that one out David!:

You need the Photographer's Ephemeris .

It looks good Gwyn. Thanks for that.

Best regards

Where, and what time of year, on the North Yorshire Coast can you look out to sea and watch the sun set. I am assuming you mean it apparently setting into the sea. I always thought the sun set in the West. Of course that may have been changed by Brussels

Weather permitting we are off to Melrose for the hogmanay then a good walk along the Tweed next day.
In the summer with the longer day's the sun up here sets in the nnw and rises in the nne.

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Whitby,from an old slide,taken about thirty years ago in July/August

John