Seven Sisters and two towns

Getting my energy back a bit after London... After London we went Brighton for a few days. First couple of days of Brighton not much fun. However, had one interesting day out after those first days...

The Seven Sisters are chalk cliffs. Easy to get to from Brighton on the 12A or 12x buses. Quite a pleasant walk down to the beach.

To be fair, the Seven Sisters were the 'Sandra' part of the day, though there are a few military vestiges lying around - I assume these were old WW2 defences!

My main reason/intersest though were a couple of other towns we stopped off at. In this case, the bridge leads into the town of... Newhaven! Yes, there really is a town a few miles up the coast from Brighton that is called Newhaven!

The scum filled waters around decaying woodwork do give a suitably atmospheric feel to the place.

It's a working port - not very tidy!

The paraphenalia of a fishing port is laid out for all to see - nothing 'attractive' about this area.

Houses facing the river frontage are generally new but have a look that would not be out of place in a Lovecraftian Newhaven.

The storage areas away from the river are also pretty new and just look like garage blocks.

However, Newhaven does seem to have a thriving marina.

In between the Seven Sisters and Newhaven is another town. Seaford. Namewise, equivalent to my Seaport even if Seaport harbour is totally based on Seahouses harbour in Northumberland.

There's really very litle of interest in Seaford apart from this little cafe.

The inside is devoted to WW2, including pictures, maps and fake uniforms. Actually the food is OK as well!

The seafront and esplanade at Seaford. Pebble beach, no harbour so little of interest in many ways. Useful pictures if doing a beach invasion I suppose. There is, however, a Martello Tower just visible at the far end of the esplanade.

So, an interesting day out that, if nothing else, gave me a couple of ideas and meant I can honestly say 'Of course Newhaven is real - I've been there'.