Clarissa suggested via our little Whats App Group a walk along the Seven Sisters, a classic coastal cliff walk. About 12 miles of it and almost all either uphill or downhill. A walk along the promenade at Eastbourne was about the only flat bit for miles.
The bit just outside Eastbourne is about the steepest and longest incline. The youngsters seemed to enjoy this more than us over 55s.
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| Semi-aerial view of Eastbourne |
The first real feature of the walk is the old lighthouse.
By what was nearly 2pm and after about 4 hours we came down to eat at the Cuckmere Inn, an attractive place although the food is nothing to write home about. The pint however was very welcome indeed. As was the half that followed! It is reachable by skirting along a bit of salt marsh.
After a short break on the foreshore it was back up the cliffs for the final leg to Seaford. And by this time I was feeling a final leg. It felt like I had pulled a muscle, or suffered a fracture, but it turned out that I had contracted Cellulitis, a soft tissue infection on my left leg. Much hobbling ahead.
But great views looking back over where we had travelled from.
A nicer day would have helped the photos. Only towards the end of the afternoon did a bit of blue sky appear out the grey monotone that had preceded.
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| This is why they are called the Seven Sisters. Count the cliffs. |
And finally Seaford comes into sight.
Along with sudden drifts of thrift that hadn't appeared at all in the earlier part of the walk.
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