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poliphiloI've walked the whole of the seafront now- all the way from Soverieign Harbour in the east to Holywell in the west. The last stage- the mile from the town centre to Holywell we did yesterday morning. The west end is the quiet end, with one-room chalets- a step up from the usual beach hut- edging the promenade.
Holywell sits at the foot of Beachy Head- the highest cliff on the South Coast. There's a tea room- where we drank lemonade- and an Italian garden- which didn't look particularly Italian to me- where they put on plays in the open air (Much Ado About Nothing is coming up.) There's also a spring- presumably the original Holy Well- but I didn't know where to start looking for it. The path comes to an end under the Beachy Head promontory and perhaps you can walk round the promontory at low tide and perhaps you can't. If you can it would bring you out at the Birling Gap. I have, in the past, tried walking round Beachy Head starting from the Birling side and the dangers are multiple- firstly from the tide, secondly from falling rock and thirdly from the slipperiness of the footing.
This uncertainty won't do! As soon as I finished the previous paragraph I asked Google if it was possible to walk round under Beachy Head- and it said, "Certainly. It's ideal for children. Lots of rockpools with fishy stuff in them. Only be sure you check the tides first."
So maybe one day I'll do it.
Talking about children, there was a whole coachload of them on the beach at Holywell, a school party in hi-viz jackets. One of their teachers was trying to get them interested in a breakwater. He was going, "Guys...guys...guys..."
Holywell sits at the foot of Beachy Head- the highest cliff on the South Coast. There's a tea room- where we drank lemonade- and an Italian garden- which didn't look particularly Italian to me- where they put on plays in the open air (Much Ado About Nothing is coming up.) There's also a spring- presumably the original Holy Well- but I didn't know where to start looking for it. The path comes to an end under the Beachy Head promontory and perhaps you can walk round the promontory at low tide and perhaps you can't. If you can it would bring you out at the Birling Gap. I have, in the past, tried walking round Beachy Head starting from the Birling side and the dangers are multiple- firstly from the tide, secondly from falling rock and thirdly from the slipperiness of the footing.
This uncertainty won't do! As soon as I finished the previous paragraph I asked Google if it was possible to walk round under Beachy Head- and it said, "Certainly. It's ideal for children. Lots of rockpools with fishy stuff in them. Only be sure you check the tides first."
So maybe one day I'll do it.
Talking about children, there was a whole coachload of them on the beach at Holywell, a school party in hi-viz jackets. One of their teachers was trying to get them interested in a breakwater. He was going, "Guys...guys...guys..."
