“Rottingdean is a village in the city Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of England. It borders the villages Saltdean, Ovingdean and Woodingdean, and has a historic centre, often the subject of picture postcards.” Some of its more renowned residents include Rudyard Kipling, Enid Bagnold, and Edward Burne-Jones.
A couple days after our walk across the Seven Sisters we joined the Brighton Ramblers on a short (~5 miles) trek through the rolling countryside of the South Downs, beginning and ending at Salt Dean, one of Brighton’s villages.
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We walked through beautiful countryside, up to the Chattri one afternoon…
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Our walk behind the university car-park took us through a wild field in bright, midday sun (but no more than about 20° (68°F) where sheep were grazing.
Back in Farnham for the new semester and we took a short walk. I’ll probably revert to a single post per day again, till I get in the swing of things again.
Equally, there’s something about solo trees with no leaves in summer that cries out for portraiture.
From the Cheesewring we made our way to Sharptor (different from the Sharp Tor we visited in Dartmoor) and on to Kilmar Tor before completing our 7+ mile circuit back to Minions. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
And, of course, we met more creatures along the way, sheep and seals (If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger).
After checking in to our AirBnB we took an early evening stroll up to Pew Tor for some magnificent views. Tors were to figure in many of our subsequent walks. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.
As a lifetime urbanite, the idea that one can simply take a walk in the country and encounter sheep and cows up close and personal is a bit thrilling. We walked among the cows, being careful not to startle them. See last post for more details of this walk – click any image to see them all enlarged.
