Tuesday, July 24, 2012

April 2012: The Beach at Beachy Head

Final stop, we decided to stop at the National Trust place for a cuppa tea and an amble around the beach

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High Tide and Low Tide. Pretty important.

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Looking right

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Looking left

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Looking down

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Looking straight

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Heading over to the staircase

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Looking back at the houses, these do not have much time to go before they also join the great beach in the sky.

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The clouds make for an interesting counterpoint.

I walk down

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The chalk base is slowly getting worn away, while the quartz pieces are slowly getting converted into pebbles.

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The awesome cliffs

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Somebody has been playing with the rocks

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The Channels

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A sand fan

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A sea weed fan

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Another view of the cliffs

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I move in closer

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Pretty awesome

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The quartz pieces are stuck inside the chalk in layers

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A cross on the beach. Presumably this is where somebody committed suicide?

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They are really awe inspiring

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Moss on the rocks

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A sea nest and these are the eggs

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Stark landscapes

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Now you can see how tall these cliffs are

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Sand patterns..


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The famous cliffs

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Lovely day

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Katie destroying the cliff. I tell you, these young girls..

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Dogs paddling in the sea

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An intrepid cameraman..

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We are heading back up

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And look down to see a father and son team off to do a spot of sea canoeing. Lovely day out

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