Hawksley said: “In reality I think this possibly is our last summer. I can’t imagine life without it.”
Erosion rates vary significantly on the East Yorkshire coast, but recent records suggest parts of the coastline are eroding at an average rate of up to 4.5 metres per year, according to the council.
Dr Anna Bird, a professor in geology at the University of Hull, said the rate of erosion is being “accelerated by our changing climate”.
She said heavy rainfall was playing a significant part.
“The sediment [mud] just becomes very waterlogged and in between the individual grains ends up filling up with water and that increases the pressure that the sediment is under and we get landslides,” she said.
ERYC said in certain, undefended locations, external, individual cliff losses of 20 metres or more a year can be seen.
