I had a busy few days last week. While the rest of the country was suffering from all sorts of horrific weather last Friday we were basking in brilliant sunshine. Too nice to stay indoors so I decided to take advantage of my free bus pass & have a leisurely ride into Littlehampton for fish 'n' chips. Unlike many seaside resorts it's still open for business even in the middle of winter. After a very nice lunch (or dins as Foz would call it) I met up with an old mate & we had a stroll round taking some photos. I've always liked Littlehampton. It used to be a bit of a dump & had a bad reputation but the new development along the waterfront has changed it completely & is an example of what can be done with a little careful planning. Anyway, here's the photos.

Don't ask me what a Dutch bike shop is doing on the south coast of England. I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding one around here.


This is part of the new development. Highly desirable residences. I imagine some of those flats are worth a fair bit.


Plenty of watering holes around here. This is the Steam Packet. There's another pub named the Arun View right across the road but my shot didn't come out too well.

Those clouds looked a tad threatening so we went for a nice cuppa & a piece of cake.            

When we emerged from the cafe the old currant bun had popped out again.


This shot is looking back along the way we came towards the harbour entrance at centre right. A lady had just thrown out some food for the birds & the air was full of them. Just like a scene from the Hitchcock classic. Unfortunately my camera was on the wrong settings & I missed it.
           
Ah well, it's getting dark so time to head for home.

Omag 2.0 wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2008 at 5:38pm:


Picturesque....however as a point of principle of I have not a clue what it is in either Dutch or French, so you're more than one up on me Kris 

Great shots Doug, particularly like the cloud strewn skies, very well composed 

Steve

Fantastic photo's Doug...

Awesome shots, Doug!!

Beautiful!!

Wonderful shots Doug...

What happened to all the people the area looks deserted?

Do they have such a thing as "water taxis" to take people from one village/town on the water to another?

Thanks for posting them.   

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

61_OTU wrote on Feb 3^rd, 2008 at 5:55pm:


I did make a mistake... it's pittoresque in French and the Dutch word is almost the same... A case of pure translation into English... a mistake as it turns out...   

No offence taken buddy... I'd rather stand corrected than to go on making the same mistake over and over again.  

About emberassing... De Haan is situated on the coast-side of Belgium, also known as Flanders. Dutch is spoken in my part of the country, so I think you'll be better off speaking English...  

No, just kidding, almost everyone in the tourist-sector speaks Dutch,French, English and German.

De Haan is about 30 minutes from my home.

beaky wrote on Feb 4^th, 2008 at 1:47pm:

Too late for that. My birthday was a couple of weeks ago. LOL

It does look rather deserted now you come to mention it. There were plenty of people about so I don't know where they all went. Perhaps they're camera-shy. As for the water buses, I've never seen any on our local rivers. You would have to go to somewhere like London for that sort of thing.