The view of Scarborough's South Bay (North Yorkshire, United Kingdom) over the old town from the castle headland, facing South-East, refreshed every minute.
(If there's no image, try refreshing the page).
New: In an effort to persuade people that the weather is, most of the time, really quite pleasant and you don't have travel halfway around the world to enjoy a holiday, I'm capturing a midday picture from the webcam for every day in 2010. I'll display them nicely at some point but if you're interested, for now, they are in this sort of format: http://www.johnallsopp.co.uk/webcam201001011200.jpg, ie. made up of the year, month, day, and 1200
Behind the first promontory is Cayton Bay. Halfway along the next bit of land is another bit that sticks out, which I now think is Red Cliff Point.
The far left point is Filey Brigg, a path of rocks that goes maybe 700 metres out to sea and appears at low tide. I think it's possible to walk out on it but I've never done it and don't sue me if you die in the attempt. It's visible to the naked eye from here, but the camera's image quality's really not good enough to appreciate that and actually I took a pic on zoom with my usual digital (which must be five years old or so now) and it's not terribly visible on that either. On a clear day you can see another piece of land behind that that sticks out even further, that's Flamborough Head. The lighthouse there flickers against our bedroom ceiling on a clear summer's night.
If you're interested, I ran perhaps half of the far cliffs that you can see and took photographs along the way, see my blog here (scroll down past the first three pics).
If you fancy putting together some monitoring or security camera system that's Internet based (so you can check your cameras from wherever you are, receive emails if something moves .. that sort of thing), or if you'd just like a webcam, or maybe you need to monitor, for instance, some major construction work, a shopfloor or traffic conditions or just get a picture from home while you're away on business* then get in touch.
If I see the camera capture something worthwhile, I've started saving them in a Best Of page.
Incidentally, now that I'm watering the window boxes there's a 1 in 1,440 chance you'll catch an image looking down my ear after I've opened the window on which this camera is mounted and I bend forward to water the plants. Gosh, it's like the early days of the Internet all over again, remember the coffee pot?
People seem to like it, I'm starting to get cam-fan-mail: Steve said "I am up early this morning to provide a forecast for a pigeon race. We are unable to race when there is heavy cloud or rain as the birds are unable to locate their bearing to race home. Your camera is on the line of flight for pigeons racing along the east coast" (Weatherpigeon.com), Tom said ".. let you know how much I enjoy your webcam slideshow. I only live down the road 'Hull' so it's good to see how Scarborough looks weatherwise. I've walked I've walked Filey Brigg at low tide, I wouldn't recommend it for everyone.", Dave said "your webcam is the website I look at most, six times a day at most. It's wonky right now, sort it!", John said "Your web cam is a real buzz to me. From the position of the camera I think I used to live next door but I've moved to live in South Germany. I've made it my home page", David said "I must just say that I love the view as it reminds me of the many, many visits I have made to Scarborough", Steve said "I visit every day", Estelle said "Beautiful webcam. My best friend is on holiday there right now and I am having a look at where she is from South Africa!", Carol said "Just to let you know what a brilliant web cam you have. I look on it every day. I was brought up in Scarborough and now live in Wales. Keep up the good work", and Judy said "I'm from Scarborough but living in Normandy. I love looking at this, I look at your webcam picture every day, several times, just like it so much. Thanks for giving us the pleasure of your gorgeous Scarborough views". Gosh
When I knocked the camera one day I got two emails within a couple of hours pointing it out and asking me to put it right again.
* just to be clear, any camera I install would have to be with the full consent of all concerned, don't ask me for a secret surveillance camera.
I've worked on a fair few accommodation websites, met the people, wandered around and taken photographs of the rooms, and am happy to recommend: The Paragon Hotel, The Selomar Hotel, Brompton Holiday Flats, Bramblewick Guest House and The Lynton Guest House.
You might also like to visit Cafe Heart for gorgeous food (try the hot chocolate). I'm not saying you are, but if you are into large dresses, The Ladies Dresser is for you, or perhaps more your thing Retro36 for an inspired collection of toys, games, gadgets, and collectables or Arrow Models and Toys for loads of fun things especially radio controlled models. Peter Brewer Goldsmith jeweller is well worth exploring too if you can handle the walk .. walk up Westborough towards the railway station and keep walking into Falsgrave, he's just after Sainsbury's on the right.
Take a look at the Scarborough directory, NearToU.com too.
