Samphire hoe walk
- 3 December 2011 14:09140707the people at white cliffs countryside project are organising a short walk around the site tomorrow the 4th at 2 p.m.
it is approx a mile lasting an hour and a half and covers the "weird and wnderful" things that have happened there since it opened in 1997.
the meeting point is the main site office, the suggested donation is £.2. and you can even take your dog along if it is on a lead. - 3 December 2011 17:11140727That should be a good and interesting walk. Thats a place I rarely get to myself but the few times Ive been down there it is very pleasant under the chalk cliffs and beside the briney.
email: dover7@msn.com - 3 December 2011 17:18140735beautiful place teeming with flora and fauna, the only problem is getting to it without the use of a car.
i think that an hour and a half is about right for the majority of people, a pleasant way to spend a sunday afternoon. - Brian Dixon
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3 December 2011 20:19140806and dont forget to take your fishing gear with you,just to catch your tea of cource. - 3 December 2011 23:01140839I have been there many times and have never seen any of the anglers catch a fish! I thought they were giving the worms swimming lessons.Audere est facere.
- 3 December 2011 23:06140841you can be such a bitch sometimes martin, but i have to say that the sea bashing against the promenade always looks too rough for sucessful angling.
- 4 December 2011 07:58140857Swimming lessons !! Love that Martin.
Roger - Brian Dixon
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4 December 2011 08:58140863plenty of fish down there as long as you use ragworm.
bass,cod,plaice,dabs etc all can be caught down there.
and thats bashing the bishop is the words your looking for.
- 4 December 2011 10:54140877going to stay dry, hope to see some of you later at the hoe.
- 4 December 2011 18:15140917a dark and gloomy afternoon at the hoe did not detract from the natural beauty of the place.
- 4 December 2011 18:26140921the cloven hoofed brigade are well represented and they are all wearing bells.
the sound of them moving around is very pleasing to the ear.
- 4 December 2011 19:21140939Great photos Howard - no people I notice.
Roger - 4 December 2011 19:32140944you're right roger, paul holt of white cliffs countryside partnership led the 7 of us around giving an informative and entertaining commentary on what was around us and the history. i only saw 2 other people on the site.
here we have the oddest couple i have seen for a while.
hopefuily someone will remind me of the name of this shrub, the berries of which have more vitamin c than oranges and are now used in some of our finest restaurants
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Lincolnshire Born and Bred - 4 December 2011 20:25140952i can see why you think that kath, but this had a much longer name.
i really should take a pen and paper to these things. - 4 December 2011 20:34140954Sea Buckthorn ?
Sea-buckthorns (Hippophae L.) are deciduous shrubs in the genus Hippophae, family Elaeagnaceae. The name sea-buckthorn is hyphenated here to avoid confusion with the buckthorns (Rhamnus, family Rhamnaceae). It is also referred to as sandthorn, sallowthorn or seaberry
Been nice knowing you :) - 4 December 2011 20:38140956i am pretty certain that is the one, apparently it is very invasive and chemials are need to get rid of a lot of it.
great it may be but would take over vast areas very quickly. - 4 December 2011 20:48140957Yes I think it is rather hardy like gorseBeen nice knowing you :)
- 4 December 2011 21:38140966Well Howard you sure do look as though you had a very bracing walk there, and some great pictures have not been down there for some while, will have to put it on our to do list for next summer
- 4 December 2011 21:56140967You are right Paul there is a information board on one of the bushes there.Audere est facere.
