Category Archives: National Parks

The Warren Folkestone Kent

I began my roadtrip in the south east of the UK at Folkestone in Kent.  I have friends living there I could visit and the hotels were cheap.   Folkestone is also good for walks and landscape photography with some dramatic coastline heading to the Warren and the Kent and North downs as a great backdrop.
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Friston Forest White Horse View

Although I had covered most of the South Downs in East Sussex over the last year, there were still pockets left undiscovered.  I also realised this late in the day I not have a good landscape photo of the White Horse on high and over.  That was where I was heading via hiking through Friston forest.
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Crane Down Folkington Hill East Sussex

The forecast was a cloudy Saturday morning but needed to get out for a good walk and not too far away.  My initial plan was a walk from Wilmington over Crane Down and then onto Friston forest.
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Wolstonbury Hill South Downs West Sussex

While ascending Ditchling beacon on the south downs I noticed the outline of Wolstonbury hill on the border in West Sussex.  I knew then I would return to walk to its summit and take some landscape photographs from there.
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Full Moon Ditchling South Downs

It was that time of the month when the moon would rise on the south east horizon close to the sun setting in the north west, at  least over the weekend.  I would head back to the south downs for an evening walk to capture the moon and the sun but where?
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Boxley North Downs Kent

I had selected a few locations within Kent that looked interesting from a landscape photography and walking perspective.  With a description of steep escarpments of the north downs and glorious views over Kent, Boxley was next on my hit list.
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Brenchley High Weald Kent

I was running out of new places to visit in east Sussex, so this weekend I decided to push further afield in Kent.   I chose to visit the countryside around the village of Brenchley on the edge of high weald.
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Burwash Common High Weald

From the OS Maps online I liked the look of the countryside around Burwash common on the high weald in east Sussex.  Lots of contours, perhaps good viewpoints for some landscape photography and a walk.
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Southease South Downs Golden Hour

First landscape photography trip of August and I wanted to catch the Golden hour from the south downs looking east from Swanborough hill near Kingston.
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High Weald Beckley Woods East Sussex

Researching new locations to walk and take landscape photographs of in and around east Sussex, Beckley wood on the high weald not far from Brede looked like a good candidate for this weekend.
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River Brede Winchelsea Cock Marling

Sunday I knew I wanted to go for a walk and practice some more landscape photography, but where?  I like to scout new places but I had picked all the low hanging fruit.  Online I found east Sussex county councils circular walks and liked the look of Winchelsea to Cock Marling along the river Brede.
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Castle Hill South Downs Hyperfocal

Living and working in east Sussex I have now covered most of the south downs between Eastbourne and Brighton.  I had one area left to scout the far side of the Castle Hill nature reserve near Woodingdean.
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