At last a blog update!!

Apologies to the avid followers for the lack of updates.....it's been hectic!!!

Beverley and I went for a nice leisurely walk along the East Sussex coast yesterday. But first, lunch! I had a lovely chicken & bacon bagette, Bev had a tuna salad at The Heron in Pevensey. Great food and a nice garden to sit in.

Once our lunch was adequately digested, it was time to drive to 'Crowlink', near East Dean. The plan was to walk to Birling Gap, along the cliff edge then alongside woodland close to East Dean, onto the edge of Friston and back to where we started.

Birling Gap and Crowlink, near Eastbourne in East Sussex, are part of the world famous Seven Sisters chalk cliffs, one of the longest stretches of undeveloped coastline on the south coast.
One minute you can be walking on ancient downland, the next you could be rockpooling below towering cliffs of chalk. Spectacular, unspoilt views of the sea can be seen from all angles. There are plenty of sheep making a racket (turn up the volume when watching the video below)

Birling Gap provides a point of entry for delightful walks and you can find a National Trust café here on the cliff top. The beach below is ideal for seaside picnics with its rock pools and areas of pebbles and sand. It is a great example of a marine nature reserve.
The wild forces of the sea create unusual chalk platforms and huge heaps of gleaming white chalk as the cliffs erode at up to one metre a year.With over 500 acres of open chalk grassland the area is rich with butterflies and downland flowers.

Once the walk was completed, it was time to make our way to meet the Long Man of Wilmington. The Long Man of Wilmington is a hill figure located in Wilmington, East Sussex, on the steep slopes of Windover Hill, 9.6 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of Eastbourne. It was formerly often known as the Wilmington Giant, or locally as the Green Man. The Long Man is 69.2 metres (227 ft) tall, holds two "staves", and is designed to look in proportion when viewed from below. Formerly thought to originate in the Iron Age or even the neolithic period, more recent archaeological work has shown that the figure may have been cut in the Early Modern era – the 16th or 17th century AD.

After a quick visit of the beautiful local church, we went off to The Giants Rest pub for a quick pint to finish off the day!