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On a clear day you can see forever

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A photo of a series of chalk sea cliffs on the English Channel coast called the Seven Sisters

Cycled along part of the Downs Link today. It was a grey day but not raining and relatively warm (12 or so degrees C). Mind you, it was quite windy (and it was a head wind, of course) along the coast.

I took the train to Brighton. From the rail station, I went down to the coast through the centre of town and then along the National Cycle Network route 2 through Hove and Portslade by Sea to Shoreham-by-Sea. There, I headed inland on NCN route 223, the **Downs Link**, to Christ's Hospital just outside Horsham where I took the train back home.

The Downs Link follows the river Adur for quite some while. The river is very wide at Shoreham-by-Sea as you can see in one of the photos attached. The whole route is quite lovely, with great views of the South Downs for the first part. It is almost entirely off-road and mostly suitable for gravel bikes (caveat: I was on a mountain bike) but probably not road bikes. Given the amount of rain we've had recently, it was unsurprisingly wet with lots of puddles but, luckily, very little actual muddy slippery bits.

The ride was 42 km. I took just over 3 hours with lots of stops for photos, charging phone which died halfway, talking to people (and their dogs), etc. Total time actually cycling was 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Highly recommended if you're in the area!

#BikeTooter #Cycling #UKCycling #WestSussex #Brighton #ShorehamBySea #ChristsHospital #Horsham #NationalCycleNetwork #NCN2 #NCN223 #DownsLink #SouthDowns

Map of parts of West Sussex and East Sussex, including Horsham and Brighton, highlighting the path cycled.

The river Adur from Shoreham-by-Sea with a bicycle in the fore leaning against a fence separating us from the river.

Abandoned green rail carriage alongside the Downs Link path with a blue mountain bike leaning against a bench in the foreground.

South Downs Christmas Advent Calendar Quiz
https://southdownsnationalpark.adventcalendar.com/

#Nature #WildLife #BioDiversity #SouthDowns #AdventCalendar #SolarPunkSunday

@jasonramasami running out from Woodingdean towards Kingston near Lewes. Vendetta is two sides of that little triangle, dropping 80m off the ridge and then 90m back up to the fingerpost in the photo. You can carry along the ridge SE with views over the Ouse until you reach Rodmell and from there it is a climb through Telscombe village to the cliffs past Telscombe Tye. #SouthDowns

A map showing a trail from Woodingdean, running northeast over Newmarket and Castle hills towards Kingston.

Misty Balmer Huff: Soph asked me if we could run a 10-miler, because she hadn’t run one since getting pregnant. ‘Sure!’ I said, confident that I could show her lovely views from Balmer Huff as we headed towards Blackcap and then back through the woods. The weather had other ideas, dawning misty and not burning off until we were back in the coffee shop. So a spooky trail run rather than a spectacular one, but we all enjoyed the peace, very pleasant temperature and no rain! #running #SouthDowns

A brief break to spot the dew-bedecked webs in Bunkershill Plantation. Dan and Soph on the trail ahead of me, with Soph being her exuberant self.

Near silhouette of two runners making their way up a hill towards a gate, in the mist.

Map of our 16 km trail run, with 337 m EG.

A pond up on the top of the South Downs Way in Sussex.

#photography #water #sussex #southdowns #pond #goldenhour

http://dailyphoto.creativesplurges.com/2025/11/14/pond-2/

My view of the South Downs in winter - collage and paint on paper # countryside #southdowns

South Downs National Park Authority Upcoming Events
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/south-downs-national-park-authority-9884472334

#SolarPunkSunday #SouthDowns #Nature #WildLife #BioDiversity #SouthDownsNationalPark #YouthAction #NatureBasedLearning #FreeEvents #UK

That time I went for a walk around a slightly different part of the South Downs and saw some paragliders.

#photography #southdowns #sussex #countryside #exploring #travel #uk #paragliders

http://creativesplurges.com/2025/10/17/devils-dyke/

Picturesque wine estate is a hidden gem with delicious food

A picturesque wine estate with sweeping views of the South Downs is a hidden gem. The vineyards at Artelium Wine Estate in Streat Lane, Hassocks, were first planted by founders Julie Bretland an…
#wine #Wine #ArteliumWineEstate #MarkCollins #PinotGris #PinotMeunier #SouthDowns #Sussexcountryside #Tastingroom #wineestate #Wineproduction
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2299701/picturesque-wine-estate-is-a-hidden-gem-with-delicious-food/

Picturesque wine estate is a hidden gem with delicious food

A picturesque wine estate with sweeping views of the South Downs is a hidden gem. The vineyards at Artelium Wine Estate in Streat Lane, Hassocks, were first planted by fou…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine #ArteliumWineEstate #MarkCollins #PinotGris #PinotMeunier #SouthDowns #Sussexcountryside #Tastingroom #wineestate #Wineproduction
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2299701/picturesque-wine-estate-is-a-hidden-gem-with-delicious-food/

#southdowns #sussex #trees

Two trees to left and right in front of a low wire fence and between them a long view of flat countryside of fields and woods with a straight road down the middle, just visible, and blue sunny sky with low scattered clouds and clear sky above them.

#southdowns #sussex #pylon #devilsdyke

A large pylon with wires heading off up and down the hill in front of a long view of flat green countryside. A blue bright sky with scattered low white clouds.

This Saturday we have a great walk along the @southdownsnationalpark
https://www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk
#ramblersuk #walking #hking #southdowns #arundel #amberley #bignorhill

Scenes from a walk (part two).

As well as butterflies, we saw a few close-ish birds and a lovely spider.

1) Stonechat (female)
2) Stonechat (juvenile male)
3) Goldfinch
4) Wasp Spider

#walking #hiking #rambling #SouthDowns #birds #ornithology #spider #nature #wildlife #outdoors #alttext

A small brown brown bird on top of an elder bush. It has a beige chest and a grey brown head. Quite plain looking, but cute. The bush has a mixture of ripe black and unripe creamy white elder berries

A small bird on wooden post. It faces right. It is quite plain with dark grey-brown wings, a black face and a mottled grey, downy chest with a hint of chestnut coming through. It is clearly a very young bird.

A striking looking bird on a twig. It is a distant shot that has been zoomed in so lacks good definition. It has a black head with a white cheek. It has a beige back and a pale light grey-brown chest. It has blue-black wings with a large bright yellow flash halfway down.

The underside of an upside down spider on a web. She has a large, distinctive black and yellow striped body. The stripes start wide near the base (top of the picture) and become narrower as they near her head (bottom of the picture).

Scenes from a walk (part one). An interesting 12 mile walk from Southease to Lewes to try and find Adonis Blue butterflies (successful) and Wartbiter Crickets (unsuccessful). Made up for it by seeing a Wall Brown though.

1) Adonis Blue (male)
2) Chalkhill Blue (female)
3) Common Blue (male)
4) Wall Brown (male - note the dark brown band of scent scales on the forewing)

#walking #hiking #rambling #SouthDowns #butterflies #butterfliesandmoths #nature #wildlife #outdoors #alttext

Overhead shot of a small butterfly on the ground with its wings partially open. It is a very striking vivid mid-blue, with a white chequered fringe separated from the blue by a black line. It has a very furry abdomen and two antennae which are stripey and with black club shaped ends

Side on shot of a small butterfly in the grass. She has her wings closed revealing her underwing which is a mid reddish-brown with a number of white circles with black dot centres. She also has a row of orange crescents towards the back wing edge and then the very wing edge is white chequered.

Side on shot of a small butterfly on grass with its wings almost shut, but revealing a tiny sliver of blue where it is open. The underside of the wings are pale grey-brown with a number of white dots with black centres, a row of orange triangles near the back wing edge and the very edge is powdery grey-blue.

Overhead shot of a bright and pretty butterfly on a piece of white chalk. It has a furry brown abdomen. Its wings are wide open. Its forewing is wide and almost runs to a point at each corner. Both forewings and hindwings are bright orange. The forewings have a distinct brown band running diagonally down from midway along the top wing edge to the abdomen about half way down. In the forewing corners there is a black disc with a white dot in the middle. The hindwings have two distinct black with white dot discs on each wing.

"Storm over Birling Gap" — Oil on board
Painted from my own reference of this dramatic view in the South Downs National Park, UK. The shifting clouds, glints of sunlight, and the chalk cliffs make this a place I never tire of capturing.

Where sea meets sky, there’s always a story.

#Artist #Painting #Sea #SouthDowns #Seascape #Ocean #FediArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #ArtShare #Art

Oil painting of a moody seascape at Birling Gap in the South Downs National Park, UK. Dramatic clouds with a break of sunlight over turquoise waves, dark rocky shore in the foreground, and white chalk cliffs in the distance.

The route of the South Downs Way in Sussex one winter's day.

#photography #path #sussex #southdowns #winter #southdowsway #footpath

http://dailyphoto.creativesplurges.com/2025/08/14/path-2/

The sun rises over the South Downs, casting long shadows over the Sussex countryside.

#photography #sunrise #drone #djimini4k #sussex #southdowns

http://dailyphoto.creativesplurges.com/2025/07/19/sunrise-over-the-downs/

Part 2 of today's #walk on the #SouthDowns

1) Pied Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
2) Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
3) Four-lined Horsefly (Atylotus rusticus)
4) Mothman (Pulcher maximus 😉)

#hoverfly #horsefly #nature #wildlife #britishwildlife #entomology #insect #summer #conservation #biodiversity #alttext #walking #rambling #countryside

#Southdowns

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