After another hot, let’s just hang around the site day yesterday the breeze was up quite a bit today cooling things down so after lunch we ventured down to the seafront again, this time heading west along the promenade above Bognor Regis Beach, beyond the Pier….
Leaving the main town of Bognor behind and arriving in the small coastal and rather upmarket village of Aldwick with it’s beach hut lined section of pebble and low tide sand beach….
And though at this point the promenade ended and the coastal road left the beach to wind around Aldwick, we walked a short way along the pebbles to catch a glimpse of Dark Lane Beach a little further west….
The going is way too tough along the pebbles and we have had a nice good walk, which is what we set out to do, so we made our way back across town to site.
Just a slight bit cooler today with a little light cloud around and definitely more breeze so leaving it until four we ventured down the couple of miles through Bognor Regis via The Bell Tower in Hotham Park….
Walking along the promenade to the East beyond the massive Butlins Holiday Park is Felpham Beach….
And then turning back on ourselves we wandered along the promenade above Bognor Regis Beach towards the Pier and centre of town….
We wandered a little way out onto the Pier to enjoy lovely views of the beach to the east and west with a fine bit of low tide sand exposed….
A little further along a small number of small fishing boats hauled up high on the pebbles out of the tides way….
At this point we made our way back through the centre of town with the highpoints being Poundland, Iceland and New Look and suffice to say that if you are in need of a 10+ year old BMW with a questionable paint job and no exhaust then Bognor is your kind of place.
It is not ours and so we made a hasty return along the footpath, alongside the busy dual carriageway that runs from the centre out through an extensive but not glamorous retail park to the leafy oasis that is the campsite.
An absolute scorcher of a day from start to finish so we decided against attempting to drive or walk anywhere and just relaxed in the shade of the van / awning and kept all activity to a minimum!
Fortunately Bersted Nature Reserve is next door to the site so we popped there first and last thing for Tilly to have a bit of a run about and a change of scene….
A break from watching rabbits munching their way through the day on the short grass of the site….
Uber frustrating when you are on a lead and the rabbits soon learn the limit to which you can reach!
Meanwhile – I am planning, thinking and doing the odd domestic chore!
Another hot one but it is time to say good bye to Normans Bay and move a bit further down the coast to Bognor Regis and even though it is very hot we decide to detour to Birling Gap….
Parking in the spacious though busy National Trust car park, which is unfortunately in full sun we make our way to the beach viewing point and are not disappointed…
With far reaching views to the west along the chalky cliffs of the Seven Sisters this mostly pebble beach is quite stunning. Access to the sea is a little tricky for the most part as you have to scramble over some slippery chalk beds and weed covered rocks but there is a small section of sandy access in the middle. Still we are not here to swim but make our way down onto the beach (several flights of wooden stairs) and decided to walk along the chalk seam running along the beach which is nice and cool under paw and a lot easier to walk along than the flint rounded pebbles of the beach…
Heading eastwards in an attempt to see Beachy Head around every small headland the beach eventually ran out before we had any success….
It is way too hot to even consider the 4 mile walk to beach head along the cliff tops, so we shall have to leave that for another day and mindful of the full sun we wander back along the beach and to the slight breeze and shade provided by the van….
Instead of continuing on our journey we try and sit out the worst of the midday heat before cranking on the cab AirCon and make our way to our home for the next week on the outskirts of Bognor Regis in West Sussex at the Caravan and Motorhome Club Site.
Fortunately the site has a good number of trees to provide a bit of shade as the next few days are set to see scorching temperatures.
After being awoken by a rather dramatic thunderstorm at 5am, it was a releif to see that by morning (a sensible hour of 7.30am) the rain had passed through leaving a rather cloudy morning sky and I did consider changing our planned site day (based on the forecast for a hot one) to head into Brighton after all, however by the time we were ready to go, the sky had cleared and hot it was becoming.
Back to plan A and instead we made the most of the low tide and sea breeze to take a nice walk along the shore passing Pevensey Beach….
And on to the start of Sovereign Harbour Beach….
With Eastbourne on the skyline we decided to sit and chill for a while…
Before heading back the way we came and spending the afternoon enjoying a bit of shade and the lovely sea breeze.
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