Living in east Dorset I was not far from the border of Hampshire. The south downs in the south east of England is one of my favourite places to walk and take landscape photos. Today was going to be my first venture into the Hampshire part of the South Downs starting at Beacon Hill and making my way to Old Winchester Hill.
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South Downs Landscape Photography
Walking and Hiking on the South Downs
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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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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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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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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Mount Caburn Lewes Downs East Sussex
A nice sunny Sunday morning in May and decided to drive west from my base in Bexhill to return to mount Caburn on the Lewes Downs in east Sussex.
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