Wednesday, October 17, 2007

 

6th October Littlehampton West beach.

On a dull Saturday morning we went for a walk on Littlehampton West beach after the boot sale at Ford.
The town is on the East side of the Arun estuary. There used to be a ferry to take visitors over the river to the west side, which is not developed.

The sun did try to shine for a short while.




Seagulls gather on the breakwater which runs out to sea at the end of the estuary.


Catch a silver sunbeam over the ocean.


One gull had found something tasty and was very determined that none of the others would have any of it.
They were very comical.


Up on the pebbles there were masses of turnstones - busy turning stones to find insects and other goodies to eat.



The turnstones in flight look quite dramatic especially when a flock of them swoop down to the pebbles.


The West Beach at Littlehampton sweeps round a long bay, which includes Clymping beach.
It is never exceedingly crowded there, but I guess that summer days bring more visitors than dull October days.
We used to spend days on Clymping beach in the 1960s.

Behind the beach is a narrow strip of duneland.


Set amongst the dunes, by the Arun estuary, are the ruins of a fort. These remains date from the mid 19th century, although an earlier fort had been built there.
You can see the town on the other side of the river.
The Balaton Cafe is over there, just a little up river from the fair ground. We went there after our walk.

Don't forget that pictures can be enlarged by clicking on them.
Mostly I reduce the size of pictures that I put on the blog, but when there is writing to be read I keep them a large size.


Another picture of the fort ruins. I liked the pebble and flint walls.

6th October Littlehampton West beach.
posted by Grandma P on Wednesday, October 17, 2007