Sussex

A Few Days Away in the Motorhome

After a rapid turnaround from landing back in the UK from Vienna we had to get the motorhome in for a rear stop lamp replacement so it could pass it’s MOT. Then we headed off to Littlehampton arriving at approximately 13:30. After setting up, we were too tired to go anywhere.

The next morning we were away by 07:30 and headed off to Newhaven to look at the lighthouse. The journey was reported by Google last night to take 48 minutes. Well it took over 90 minutes to get to the lighthouse – so we must avoid the A27 in the future during the commute times.

We were curious about the lighthouse location, after seeing several images of this structure during severe weather storms where the waves crash over the top (click here to see one of those photos). No expectations for the same today, although there was a stiff breeze.

Location understood, so we headed off to breakfast at the Fort Road Café nearby. We had one of the best breakfast rolls with quality ingredients and will definitely return here again.

Where to next? We are National Trust members, so headed off to Bodiam Castle which we last visited about 25 years ago. It hadn’t changed but I discovered the grounds are accessible outside the Nation Trust hours, so handy in future for sunrise or sunset.

From here we travelled another 25 minutes to Scotney Castle which would be more spectacular later in the spring when the gardens start to bloom. But we enjoyed what we saw today…

We really enjoyed this location and will revisit again in the future.

Finally, we headed off to the Seven Sisters which is a location I’ve wanted to get to for many years. It should be visited at sunset to get the best light, but the light was already disappearing from the coastguard cottages as we arrived, so in future we have to be on location at least 75 minutes before sunset. But I was still pleased with these images.

I was lucky to capture this last image at all. I realised too late that the best location for the photograph would be back up the track on the higher ground. So I picked up my tripod with camera attached and turned only to fall over the dog who was immediately behind me. At all cost, I had to protect the camera as we are trading in all our Canon kit for new OM-System kit at the end of the week. I landed heavily on my palm and knee ruining a pair of trousers and taking the skin off my palm and below the knee. If Vanessa had seen this, she would have wet herself laughing, but at least I was spared that embarrassment.