Volunteers carved a 90ft poppy onto a beach in a poignant tribute to the fallen ahead<br />of Remembrance Day.<br />Retired doctor and beach artist Claire Eason led the 30-strong team that used garden rakes to create the giant mural illuminated by a stunning sunset.<br />The group spent five hours painstakingly drawing the huge petals onto the sand at Beadnell Bay in Northumberland.<br />Before the tide washed their work away, the volunteers stood in the centre of the poppy, known as the stigma, for a series of stunning overhead shots.