Seaford Head and Beach, East Sussex

Seaford Beach is stony but faces south-west, the heat haze shows how the curve catches the sun

My summertime walk along this stony beach line, a 10 km (7½ miles) section of the Vanguard Way in Sussex

Seaford beach huts and Martello Tower, East Sussex

Seaford council beach huts have their own colour palette

The Isle of Wight, seen from Seaford

The Isle of Wight, about 100 km away (75 mi) seen through the heat haze from Seaford

Seaford Head, East Sussex

The white cliffs of Seaford Head (85 m.) are fresh with the erosion of last winter’s storms

Martello Tower, Seaford, East Sussex

The Martello Tower, now a museum, is Seaford’s souvenir of the Napoleonic Wars

St. Leonard’s Church, Seaford, East Sussex

St. Leonard’s Church, Seaford

Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club

Newhaven & Seaford Sailing Club runs a popular beach cafe

Starlings at Tide Mills in the South Downs National Park

Starlings at Tide Mills in the South Downs National Park

Little Egret in the River Ouse estuary, East Sussex

Little Egret in the River Ouse estuary, East Sussex

Côte d’Abatre in the harbour at Newhaven, East Sussex

The Côte d’Abatre in the harbour at Newhaven, East Sussex. ‘Côte d’Abatre’ means the Alabaster Coast, meaning the Channel coast between Le Havre and Tréport, including Fécamp and Dieppe.