Travel with me #61 : To the end of the world - Birling Gap and the Seven Sisters Cliffs! (photos+video)
Greetings Steemit Friends:
Once in a while, the UK gifts it's inhabitants with lovely weather as well as the extra time to go out and enjoy said weather. This weekend, was one of those few opportunities with a small heatwave hitting the UK in conjunction with the long weekend and bank holiday.
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It is during these rare opportunities that people and households will take their families and friends out in cars, on a trip out of town to enjoy some more tranquil and natural environments.
My getaway was a day trip to the Seven Sisters Cliffs in the south of England.
Seven Sisters
Although there are quite a few other Seven Sisters locations in the UK, for instance in Tottenham, and a London Underground station, perhaps the most famous one would be the Seven Sisters Chalk Cliffs located between Seaford and Eastbourne in Southern England.
They are a natural but disappearing wonder. Remnants of the dry valleys of the chalk South Downs. Each year, they recede by about 30 or 40 centimetres due to natural erosion. As the tide comes in and out, the cliffs are eroded leaving behind a base of chalk.
This area is protected by the natural trust, so is relatively free of man made developments. At Birling Gap, there are just a few houses and a coffee shop for visitors.
Why is it called Seven Sisters?
As you can see, the Chalk cliffs form a series of peaks and dips, each of which have their own respective names. There are seven hills in total. According to legend, there were seven sisters who each had a house between the hills.
The Beach and Coastline
Because it's not a sandy beach, there are very few people here who are sunbathing. I saw a group of people having a barbeque, and quite a number of people who brought their dogs for a walk along the beach.
There were also some geologists here who were collecting some pebbles for some research. Apparently there are many fossils embedded within the rocks and pebbles.
Fly with me!
With such a beautiful landscape, it was a perfect opportunity to get some footage with my ever trusty DJI Phantom 4 drone.
Unfortunately, DJI decided to update all of their apps just the day before I left. I wasn't aware of this update and assumed that the version on my iPad would be backwards compatible anyway. I was wrong.
Whilst preparing my drone for flight, I couldn't get the app run. It prompted me to update the app which usually would have been fine - after all, that's what my 4G hotspot is for.. But out here at the end of the world, there was virtually no signal at all.
Somehow, after frantically walking up and down the beach, I was able to find a tiny bit of signal, and spent the next hour or so downloading the update which was only around 96mb in size!
notes to oneself: update the app before setting off on future trips
With some luck, I was able to get the drone flying.
Wow a camera on a gimble and a drone and another amazing adventure! Great content!
Thanks Brian, sharp eyes !
lovely place !
the tones on the sea and the rocks in it - is that for real or due to the filter
if its natural - it's really amazing nature's work!
Just a little bit of colour correction. It's pretty much just like that though!
Some great shots in there, niccccce! The cliffs colours are stunningly beautiful, lucky you!
Thanks a bunch for sharing and namaste :)
Thanks eric, such a beautiful and natural place. It was great to breathe some seaside fresh air.
Thanks for looking after my small island whilst I'm gone @sweetsssj :) Be sure and come to Scotland next time OK!!<3
Scotland has thus far evaded me, but I think i'll be visiting there sooner rather than later. Hopefully when it's warmer!
June-August are the best times @sweetsssj - the height of the Summer! After that its 9 months of damp and rain! LOL! Not great weather for lighting the beautiful porcelain faced @sweetsssj ;)
P.S. Since you made the effort to come to my small island I resteem you @sweetsssj :)
thanks mindhunter, didn't know you were in UK!
Yes @sweetsssj, Scotland is still a part of the UK despite Brexit.
A lot photo. Very interesting =) With your posts I'll see the world, though only while in the photo) Thank you very much @sweetsssj)
nice....upvote and resteem for u
Thanks 😄
u r welcome..
The aerial shots you got were pretty sweet there @sweetsssj. You seem to be a decent pilot with that thing :)
Still practicing! I cheat a lot with the follow me and active track features~
Hey, that's not cheating, that's just being smart and using the built in features ;)
Lovely post! Sunny in UK, wow! When are you going to travel to America?
I know, it's such a rare occurance - Sun in the UK that is. As for America, well, it's such a large place I really would like to stay there a few months and travel all over. Perhaps in the next half a year or so i'll figure something out!
Sounds good!
Wooowww,,,,
Very interesting your post @sweetsssj
Happy to hear it interests you!
Yes, of course @sweetsssj
Hello @sweetsssj! I'm a philosopher who loves to write in abstract ways.
I am going to make the second edition to my philosophical challenge, writing about topics that people have given me.
I would like to invite you to participate. ( leaving a reference link to your profile in the post).
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