Saturday 16 December 2023

A Room With No View - for a while

 Beachy Head will be a good place to spend our first night, we thought. Good distance, gorge location, nice pub to have a meal and stay in the carpark. We hadn’t quite expected the view to be limited to the hand in front of our faces. Rather amusing but maybe it will improve by morning.

 

Where Am I?

The new day dawned and, as expected, the sky was clear and a fabulous view was to be had. We walked to the edge to find a memorial to WWII Royal Air Force pilots. 
Sporting my new shorn haircut

RAF Memorial

Dickie from a safe distance

If you’re up at Beachy Head it’s worth popping in to the shop next to the pub. There’s a small museum there with artefacts from the area. They range from a Shepherd’s smock to a 3,000 year old skeleton of a young woman who came here from Cyprus (don’t tell Farage). And, most importantly, you can buy chocolate too.

Hot Shepherd Action

Skeleton of a woman in her 20s found in the area



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