Canon EOS 5D Mk III – EF 24-70mm f2.8 – f/7.1, ISO 200 – View of Eastbourne pier from the garden (just few plants). Very pretty from the outside, but inside it’s mostly betting games and cheap English food (i.e. fat, salt and sugar).
Summer finally arrived in London last Monday (the 23rd), and it seems it’ll bid farewell by Friday—taking 10°C with it and bringing back the rain. To make the most of this rare sunny spell, we took a day off today to hit the beach with the kids.
With the Olympics around the corner and school holidays in full swing, we planned carefully to dodge the traffic. By 10 AM, we were on our way to spend the day in Eastbourne and the nearby Seven Sisters Country Park.
With a glorious 31°C along the south coast, it felt more like the south of France. Unsurprisingly, everyone was out making the most of it!
Canon EOS 5D Mk III – EF 24-70mm f2.8 – f/2.8, ISO 200 – Mother and daughter enjoying an icecream on the pier after an healthy lunch (fish fingers, fries and pies). Chiara would have liked Chocolate Ice Cream as usual but we managed to trick her to take Vanilla – it’s less dirty on the clothes …
Canon EOS 5D Mk III – EF 24-70mm f2.8 – f/7.1, ISO 200 – Eastbourne beach. It’s not sand – so Chiara did not like it, pretending she could not walk on the rocks. She wants sandy beach … pretty rare in the area. The sea front was quite busy, I let you imagine the same weather on a week-end.
After lunch, we set off on a leisurely 5km walk (flat and buggy-friendly) to admire the white cliffs. A quick dip in the water was on the agenda, but it didn’t happen—the sea was far too cold!
The buggy-friendly path was a win-win: Olivier could nap comfortably (too small for the backpack), and Chiara could hitch a ride when she got tired (too heavy for the backpack).
We wrapped up the day with a late lunch before heading home, making it back by 10 PM—and blissfully, without any traffic!
Canon EOS 5D Mk III – EF 24-70mm f2.8 – f/2.8, ISO 200 – Chiara and Sab having fun when JP is checking the signs, assuming bike friendly tracks had to be buggy friendly too. Chiara walked a lot.
Canon EOS 5D Mk III – EF 24-70mm f2.8 – f/4.5, ISO 200 – Olivier smiling, just before we put his feet in the cold water of the ocean – and that he did not like at all. Messing up with the sand was enjoyable too (sand play not easily compatible with picture taking).
Canon EOS 5D Mk III – EF 24-70mm f2.8 – f/10, ISO 200 – We travelled by car an extra 15mins to take the postcard view of the cliffs – on the other side of the river we walked along before. I waited for the bird to take the shot, but not sure it’s really adding much value to this already very pretty landscape.
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wow, olivier is all grown up! Love the toothless smile.
haha about the ice cream. can’t believe Chiara fell for that one.. must be JP’s brainwashing technique in use 🙂
Kids are good are evaluating risk and cost-benefit. Chiara realised it was better to accept the vanilla ice-cream than to try haggling over the chocolate and risking getting nothing …
Now you are on long-term holidays – where is your blog 😉 ?