Thursday, July 12, 2012

Apr 2012: Beachy Head, the second headland

We moved away from the first and pootled over to the second

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Gently rolling hills

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I love this concept in England of presenting benches in memorial to posterity. What a wonderful way for fellow travellers to remember somebody. Like the Sabil in the Middle East.

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Bob and Luca waiting for me, huffing and puffing up the slope.

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I wish I could have captured the beautiful shadows on the sea…

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The cliffside was full of these little shrubs

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Views of the other headlands

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That’s where I came from, the first headland

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There’s the pub

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Looking back at the beach

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A scrubby little plant

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Pretty terrifying and steep drops

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Some people were down at the beach

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Bob coming over the horizon

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There was a little fence but come on, its more for show than function

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Katie and Bob over the horizon

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A little brick octagonal structure was the base for a watch tower which has existed here for yonks.

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We got tired

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Looking over to the sea

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Bob is a brave man

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Well, thank you for telling me

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Peering down at the bottom. Man, gives me the heeby jeebies just looking at it

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The lighthouse

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And Bob decides to go sit on the damn cliff edge. Didn't he see the signs for cliff erosion?

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It has really eroded

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As you can see, the beach is littered with bits that have fallen off the cliff. Not a good place, I scramble off to the next headland.

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