More Camber Sands sunsets

Some more sunset pictures from the dunes...



I'm getting all the sunset pictures I can at the moment, as we're moving house soon so won't be right next to the dunes any more...

Mike

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Sunset at Camber Sands

I popped up on to the dunes at Camber Sands this evening with Tracy, and got a few pics of the sunset. I'll start with my favourite, then the rest are in time order. Enjoy!












Mike

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Kitesurf party at Camber Sands

Walking back along the beach on Saturday we saw an amazing sight: over 60 people out kitesurfing:
It must have been a perfect day for them, just look at the sand being driven by the wind:
Here's a few more pics:
Mike

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Cool thunder clounds in Camber

We had a great thunderstorm this week. Not great because of the lightning, but because of the impressive clouds that rolled over:
I took a short video to show how fast and low they were, and then had to duck inside as the rain came down!

Mike

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Sunset at Camber Sands

There's been some brilliant sunsets the past couple of weeks, and a few days ago I got out to the dunes at Camber Sands to get a few photos, so here you go:
Hope you liked them! :-)

Mike

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Weird fog in Camber

Last week it was bright and sunny in Camber, and then suddenly the weather turned like this. The wind was blowing in from the sea, and brought this fog rolling in.
Here's a video of it:

Mike

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Heavy showers over the sea

Just a couple of photos I'd like to show you, that I took earlier in the week at Camber Sands:
It's cool being able to walk 5 minutes from home to get a view like this! I'm looking forward to summer thunderstorms heading up over the sea from France, I reckon that'll be great to watch and photograph.

Mike

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First morning at the new house

Sunday was the first morning we woke up at our new house. Seeing as it was sunny, we thought it would be rude not to take a walk on the beach before church.
A few others were doing the same thing, giving their horses a chance to enjoy the beach while it was still empty:

I think I'm going to get some good pictures of seabirds here, these are a few I got just while we were walking along. The gulls were riding the updraft due to the wind hitting the dunes.
I'm sure in that last one the second gull is hoping to swallow the first one!

We also went up to the wood on Saturday with some friends. Pictures to follow this evening, as there's work to be done first...

Mike

p.s. leave a comment to tell me what you think of the larger photo format. Too big? Or just right?

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A beach, a wind farm, a nuclear power station and some birds: cycling from Rye to Dungeness

Yesterday we cycled from Rye to Dungeness and back on our electric bikes, a 30 mile round trip (the batteries could probably have lasted another 10 miles I think). First stop was Camber, where we paused at the shingle banks to the east of the village:It was about lunchtime so we stayed a short while there. You can see the Romney Marsh wind farm behind Tracy in this picture:
Here's a better view of it:
It includes 26 turbines, which are now all up. Apparently they have to build some meteorological equipment and then they can start commissioning them, with the whole lot scheduled to be running by January 2009.

While we had lunch a guy zoomed around on a jetski for our amusement...
and the local wildlife hung around to see if they could clean up any crumbs we left:
A bit further down the road towards Lydd we stopped by a large lake, which I think may have been formed by gravel excavation, which was still going on nearby.
The far shore was carpeted with gulls:
while the shore near us was covered with Lapwings and some slightly smaller brown birds we haven't been able to identify. None of them liked the high-vis yellow vests we were wearing, so seeing as we were scaring them anyway I took the opportunity to get some photos:
Before long we passed Lydd, and headed out into the wilderness. You can see why the MOD trains soldiers for Iraq and Afghanistan here:
In the distance was Dungeness nuclear power station:
and we rode past what looked like a facilty for transferring nuclear fuel containers from trains to trucks to go down to the power station:
The road's quite long and desolate:
though there was actually quite a bit of traffic on it.

As we approached Dungeness we saw that the RNLI lifeboat station was open, so we went in to have a look round, and bought a few odds and ends in their shop. Apparently they didn't get called out much this year, as the lack of warm weather reduced the number of people out on the sea. Impressive kit waiting there until it's needed though:
From there we moved on into the village of Dungeness, which has the strangest collection of houses I've ever seen, many with the power station overlooking them:
and once you move away form the road it's back to wilderness The furtherst point of our ride was marked by the Britannia Inn, which serves a good pint of beer.
and you can sit out the front in good weather, with the usual view:Mike

UPDATE, here's the photo I mentioned in the comments below, taken last year:

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