Nearly a couple of weeks before the Summer Solstice in 2024, I headed out to the Norfolk coast to Happisburgh, home of one of Britain's most beautiful lighthouses.  I'd shot the lighthouse a couple of years ago so this time I was headed to the beach, where I hoped dilapidated wooden sea defences and a curious sculpture known as the Time and Tide Bell would make interesting foregrounds.  With such little darkness at this time of year, I was able to arrive early, get a good look around and simply enjoy the evening, although the temperature had dipped to around 6C by the time I packed up and went home.

I'd planned the night around tide times, so the tide was starting to go out as I arrived and that hopefully, by around 1am, each of my foreground targets would be well positioned and accessible.  I hadn't quite banked on the shifting shingle creating a lagoon around the Tide Bell, however, so to get the composition I wanted ultimately required a paddle - nothing like the bracing North Sea to wake you up before the two hour drive home!  I'd hoped to catch some noctilucent clouds over the evening but sadly nothing showed up, although I was visited by a nice tight chain of Starlink satellites at one point, which cruised down the Milky Way nicely.