Solent Poster
Seven Sisters - Cuckmere Haven
This was our second visit to the Coastguard cottages at Cuckmere Haven in East Sussex. We had been planning the trip for several days and had calculated that the sun would rise in an optimum position above the Seven Sisters. The weather forecast was favourable! We put the alarm on for 3:30am to leave us plenty of time to navigate the 65 miles, plus the hike down to our planned shooting location on the beach.
As we sat there on the beach looking at a huge bank of cloud and fog, it became obvious our efforts had been in vain and the enthusiasm drained from our bodies. The Seven Sisters were barely visible and the sun was nowhere to be seen. Battleship grey was the only game in town.
We started our laborious trudge back up to the car stopping frequently for oxygen intake and it was on one of these stops that we turned around and this is what we saw.
Crepuscular rays were beaming from the sun which had finally broken through the cloud base. Not only that, but while we desperately fumbled to assemble our kit, a hot air balloon wafted right over the Seven Sisters! All was not lost and we both got a couple of decent snaps from the trip.
Thanks as always for your interest and support.
Seven Sisters - Cuckmere Haven
This was our second visit to the Coastguard cottages at Cuckmere Haven in East Sussex. We had been planning the trip for several days and had calculated that the sun would rise in an optimum position above the Seven Sisters. The weather forecast was favourable! We put the alarm on for 3:30am to leave us plenty of time to navigate the 65 miles, plus the hike down to our planned shooting location on the beach.
As we sat there on the beach looking at a huge bank of cloud and fog, it became obvious our efforts had been in vain and the enthusiasm drained from our bodies. The Seven Sisters were barely visible and the sun was nowhere to be seen. Battleship grey was the only game in town.
We started our laborious trudge back up to the car stopping frequently for oxygen intake and it was on one of these stops that we turned around and this is what we saw.
Crepuscular rays were beaming from the sun which had finally broken through the cloud base. Not only that, but while we desperately fumbled to assemble our kit, a hot air balloon wafted right over the Seven Sisters! All was not lost and we both got a couple of decent snaps from the trip.
Thanks as always for your interest and support.