I thought it was about time I posted some photos so here goes. After a nice lunch at the airport yesterday I decided to take advantage of the lovely weather & go for a stroll along Shoreham Beach. When I got there the sun hid behind a ginormous cloud. Typical.


Eventually the cloud disappeared leaving almost perfect conditions with that wonderful clear air we get at this time of year. This is Widewater Lagoon just south of the airport looking nor'east towards Shoreham. St. Mary's church can be seen at far right with the South Downs in the background.


Looking southeast towards Brighton across the pebble beach itself. You can clearly see the city at far left & along the cliffs as far as Beachy Head on the right. This is about 30 miles from where I'm standing & would take over an hour to drive there with good luck & a following wind. The famous White Cliffs of Dover are much farther to the east.


About a mile further on towards Shoreham. Looking north you can see the the footbridge that links Shoreham town with Shoreham Beach across the River Adur. St. Mary's church is now on the left


Looking upriver across the Norfolk Bridge towards Lancing College chapel with the new Ropetackle development on the right. This used to be a run down area of the waterfront. It is now highly desirable luxury flats. The airport is just beyond the bridge.


This was taken from the footbridge looking in the opposite direction into the harbour proper. Paul McCartney has an apartment somewhere along there.


Hope you liked my little tour. I might do more like it now the air display season has finished.

Brett_Henderson wrote on Oct 18^th, 2007 at 2:39pm:


I was thinking the same thing.

Great shot of the cliffs up the coast too.

Great shots Doug, I do love your little tours of Shoreham, looks really nice! Was it you that posted the pics of the houseboats a while back? I remember one was an old navy vessel & one was an old Gosport ferry, now owned by an artist. Would be great to see those again if you were around that way sometime.

Thanks for sharing your walkabout.

Cheers,

TSC.

Thank you for the tour, Doug!!

Beautiful pictures!!

Thanks for the kind comments everyone. I shall have to think about starting Grumpy's Tours again.

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Hey! That boat is my pride & joy. Only joking.

TSC. wrote on Oct 18^th, 2007 at 3:25pm:

Fancy you remembering that. Those houseboats are not far from where these photos were taken but far too close for my long lens to cope with. I didn't fancy swapping lenses as I've just got rid of most of the dust on my sensor. I really need to get a spare camera body.

PS. Things don't change much along the river bank. Here's those houseboats if you're interested. Posted just over a year ago. http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1157847915/0#0

61_OTU wrote on Oct 19^th, 2007 at 4:55am:


Beautiful Photo's, as usual, Doug... ...!
Many thanks.....!

One of the many things I like about dear old England is, that no matter where you live, you are rarely more that 50 Miles from the nearest Sea... ...!

F.... ...!

Nearest Sea-side: Porthcawl. South Wales... ...!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porthcawl

61_OTU wrote on Oct 19^th, 2007 at 5:17am:

Thanks chaps. There's plenty of dodgy places around here but I naturally only show you what I think are the best bits.

Thanks for the houseboat link Doug, I enjoyed looking at those again.



TSC.