As the warmer weather finally sweeps across the UK, the sun warms the North Yorkshire coast, sparkling off the expanse of the deep grey-blue North Sea. Seaside trips become all the more tempting and we try and get to the sea at least once a week.

As we step into June, we step into the opening of summer. Wild rose buds are blooming in the hedgerows and the breeze that sweeps across the moorland is warmer, carrying with it the scents of early summer; elderflower and rowan blossom, sun-warmed grasses and heather