Category Archives: National Parks

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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Scouting South Downs Kingston near Lewes

Another hot weekend here in east Sussex, too hot to be out in the midday sun.  The plan was to do an evening walk along a part of the South Downs I have not been yet.  Another escarpment the other side of the river Ouse that continues to Brighton.  Due to football I not make the evening walk so Sunday morning I went on a scouting trip along the South Downs starting off in Kingston near Lewes.
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Willingdon Hill Sunset Moonrise South Downs

I had sacrificed photographing  a Strawberry moon rising just as the sun was setting for the world cup football, England v Belgium.  The game was basically meaningless as both sides put on only their B teams.  So the next evening from Willingdon hill on the South downs I  intended to capture a sunset and then the moon rising over Eastbourne.
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Wilmington Hill Sunset East Sussex

A hot weekend in mid June and I had mostly been stuck indoors.  I not fancy doing my usual walks in the morning so headed out Sunday evening to catch a sunset from Wilmington Hill in east Sussex.
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From Robertsbridge to Silver Hill East Sussex

Continuing along the A21 in East Sussex, another area of high ground with potential landscape views and good hiking was Silver Hill just down from Hurst Green.  A good starting point would be from the historic village of Robertsbridge.
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Lewes to Blackcap South Downs East Sussex

While researching Mount Caburn and the Lewes Downs a few weeks back I noticed on the other side of Lewes the South Downs continued with interesting peaks like Mount Harry and Blackcap leading on to Ditchling Beacon which I have visited before.
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Bedgebury Forest Pinetum Kent

Using OS Maps online, I was researching public footpaths and potential walks  further down the A21 from Brede Hill and Johns Cross, around Silver Hill and Hurst Green when I discovered Bedgebury Forest just in the Kent Border.
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Brede Hill East Sussex

When I was driving back from the Wye Downs the weekend before along the A28, I could not but help notice the countryside around Brede Hill as I got closer to Hastings.  This weekend I decided to explore the countryside around Brede Hill in East Sussex.
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Wye Kent Downs

I had spent alot of time exploring east Sussex and the south downs, I now wanted a change and to return to Kent.  It was around a 40 mile drive from my base in Bexhill but the village of Wye and the Kent downs was my target.
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