Seven Sisters
Seven Sisters
Saturday 25th August 2007
Me and Chie on a lovely (but exhausting!) walk from Seaford to Birling Gap.
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| 13:12:39 At the start of the walk, me on the beach at Seaford, wearing hat number 1 of 2. | 13:12:43 A view along the beach at Seaford. | 13:12:46 Chie thinks I look like a middle aged man here. |
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| 13:12:49 Really bright blues here. | 13:26:07 Another beach shot at Seaford. | 13:28:30 Chie rather liked the coloured beach huts here. I guess they've been newly rebuilt - they all looked very modern. |
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| 13:35:14 Up on the first clifftop, looking back down to Seaford. | 13:37:45 ...and the first bit of the famous chalky white cliffs... | 13:37:49 ...particularly chalky here! |
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| 13:38:45 More chalky cliffs (I fear this is going to be something of a running theme in these pictures...). | 13:43:32 Another view back down to Seaford. | 13:48:38 First glimpse of the Seven Sisters in the distance there (and note Chie holding our 2 litre water bottle here!). |
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| 14:03:15 Self timer shot of us with the Seven Sisters as a backdrop - and note that I have now changed to hat number 2. | 14:05:56 These look better close-up than they do from a distance. | 14:06:44 The Seven Sisters again... |
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| 14:12:06 ...and again - I think this is probably the best shot I got of the Seven Sisters. | 14:25:24 We had to come down off the clifftops at this point - Cuckmere Haven. | 14:25:29 Another view of Cuckmere Haven. |
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| 14:30:57 After fording the river here - an experience that was strangely both painful and fun. | 14:31:03 My feet, recovering after wading the pebble strewn river. | 14:31:37 Taken whilst still sitting and recovering - which is my excuse for the lack of a straight horizon! |
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| 14:31:52 That's better. | 14:42:38 I wanted to get a picture of the chalk cliffs up close... | 14:42:50 ...and so here's one with Chie in... |
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| 14:43:16 ...and one with me in... | 14:43:23 ...and some more with me in... | 14:43:27 ...and more... |
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| 14:43:30 ...and give me the camera back Chie! | 14:44:49 Climbing back up to the clifftops from Cuckmere Haven, and looking back down into the bay. | 14:44:54 It was quite a steep path (not an uncommon occurrence today!). |
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| 14:47:11 Not sure if Chie is practising some form of martial arts on the clifftop here, or just in the process of falling over. | 14:48:22 Another glance down to the bay from where we'd just walked up. | 14:49:26 Me and Cuckmere Haven in the background... |
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| 14:49:30 ...and again. | 14:53:59 I think we're probably on the first of the Seven Sisters now, looking along to the next few. | 14:54:08 Same again in portrait. |
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| 14:55:37 Writing messages on the hillside using pebbles seemed to be a popular pastime around here. | 14:56:29 I'd like to think "Puppy I Love You" is some form of political slogan for a radical communist group. | 14:57:10 Yet more of the very photogenic coastline. It was hard to put the camera away! |
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| 14:58:53 Chie climbing over a sty (stile?). | 15:05:44 A much needed water break. | 15:17:01 Chie examining a sign. |
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| 15:20:11 Lovely blue sky here. Great for the photos, but the hot weather made the walking really hard work at times! | 15:25:26 Running out of ways to annotate pictures of chalky cliffs now... | 15:25:35 Chie balancing the water bottle on her head (I guess the sun stroke was getting to her!). |
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| 15:29:54 It occurs to me almost all of these pictures are just different configurations of sea, sky, chalk and grass. | 15:34:12 Chie looking like she's really got into her stride now. | 15:34:26 Me looking a bit knackered! |
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| 15:39:08 A monument here - I thought I'd take a picture of this to see if I could spot it on Google Maps later. | 15:43:50 Coming towards the end of the Seven Sisters now... | 15:44:03 I always like the way the sun glistens on the water - and the little sail boat was a plus too. |
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| 15:44:07 Lovely. | 15:52:08 I think this was our final break, before the last leg that got us to Birling Gap. | 16:09:32 So we're at Birling Gap now... |
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| 16:09:40 ....and there's my Strawberry Split. | 16:51:30 Taken from the bus that took us from Birling Gap to Eastbourne. | 16:51:36 ...and again. |
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| 17:24:00 On the pier in Eastbourne now. | 17:27:06 This is me revealing how messy my hair had got as a result of wearing a hat and sweating a lot... | 17:27:11 ....well I guess it could be worse. |
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| 17:27:48 A bit of the seafront at Eastbourne, as seen from the pier. | 17:34:10 The pier as seen from the seafront. | 18:07:27 The obligatory bag of chips, eaten whilst waiting for a train back to London. |
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| 18:53:00 On the train now, and on the way we passed this hill with lots of people paragliding. |
