East Riding of Yorkshire Council and the Environment Agency met more than 100 people to listen to people's concerns earlier.

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Basically, Alisal is a great place for families to kick back and do as they please, be it golf, tennis, swimming, riding, whatever, in secure environment, and it works equally well for a romantic escape.

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Nigel Leighton, director of environment and neighbourhood services at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, said the work was "far more complicated than first envisaged".

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Resort pioneer James Baillie opened Southern Ocean Lodge four years ago offering dramatic but low impact on the environment architecture and equally dramatic views of the surrounding cliffs and waves crashing ashore. (Riding those waves while I was there assorted dolphins.) All rooms face those ocean views, which become almost mesmerizing in winter, with storms rolling in as you sit by the living room fireplace staring out.

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