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Camber Sands

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Whata beautiful day on the sand - havent been for years - fuck all this Brighton shingle shit

any other tips for decent beaches about the same distance from Sarf London ?
 
No use searching, it's the best! I've searched high and low. Did you go to the western end behind the golf club where there are no people and it gets as warm as an indoor swimming pool? It's the only bit of British sea that's swimmable if you ask me. And every time I've taken a gf there they've wanted to shag in it. :D
 
tell me more about camber sands....we're planning to go there next week for day trip - definately want to swim - where's the best place to swim? did you have to wade out at lower water? how did you get there

facts I want facts

and impressions

and tips
 
you can get a good swim in dunwich - if you can get there

we need an U75 swim club!

next summer;)

what about a swim in the ponds in hampstead?
 
nick h. said:
No use searching, it's the best! I've searched high and low. Did you go to the western end behind the golf club where there are no people and it gets as warm as an indoor swimming pool? It's the only bit of British sea that's swimmable if you ask me. And every time I've taken a gf there they've wanted to shag in it. :D
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It is the best beach. If only it wasn't so bloody windy!
 
Miss-Shelf said:
tell me more about camber sands....we're planning to go there next week for day trip - definately want to swim - where's the best place to swim? did you have to wade out at lower water? how did you get there

facts I want facts

and impressions

and tips
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Right. Here's a map. The warm sea! (not seal) gets warm because the beach shelves very gently there. You tend to get an area of chest high water which heats up on the sand. Total walk from the car park to the warm bit is about 10 mins. The channel on the left has a wall but it's not an eyesore.

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Here's a link to the map location: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...50.934119,0.780244&spn=0.006599,0.021973&z=16

This is the path through the dunes:

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Do you want driving info or public transport? Driving is quicker.
 
I've taken groups of children with learning disabilities there and it's great. I do have a really soft spot for pebbly beaches though because they're great for beachcombing.
 
thanks so much for the info

especially the map Nick h

we'll be going by train to rye then either taxi or bus (depending on weather and purse)

hope to get a swim in
 
Glad you like the map. :) I hope future generations of urbanz can use it to experience Warm British Sea. Next year the Javelin trains might make the journey a bit quicker.

If the weather turns to crap when you get there don't bother to explore Camber. Its best feature is Pontins. Get the hell out to Rye or Dungeness or Winchelsea. Winchelsea is 100% geriatric but it's got lots of ancient history if you like that sort of thing. And a butcher that sells squirrel. And the Rye train stops there.
 
The bus from Rye to Camber is the 711. When you come out of Rye station the bus stop is straight ahead of you.
 
Camber sands is great, like a trip back to 1970's childhood hols for me.

Cracking sausage and chips in the caff on the beach. Cheap too.
 
can vouch for the sea being Warmish - you can wade out for miles, theres sandbanks every 50m or so

you alos get an eclectic mix of people - unlike the Whitstables & their ilk ( apologies for stereotyping , but I dont get whistable )

theres sand dunes and a decent beach - no rock pools tho

I do go to another beach soemtimes, but for the proper brit beach expeince without the masses of tat shops, its great

expect to take 30 mins + to do the last 3 miles in a car though - narrow roads get busy
 
handyman121 said:
I do hope the warm sea is nothing to do with the nuclear power station just along the coast at Dungeness !
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Um, there is some truth in this. You can catch surprisingly big fish at Dungeness. Apparently the warm water outlet from the power station makes them grow. I had one in the pub there once. It was on one of those huge oval plates but there still wasn't room for its head or tail.
 
nick h. said:
Um, there is some truth in this. You can catch surprisingly big fish at Dungeness. Apparently the warm water outlet from the power station makes them grow. I had one in the pub there once. It was on one of those huge oval plates but there still wasn't room for its head or tail.
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Aha! I've had fish and chips in the pub at Dungeness a few times. Absolutely massive! Hmmmm....:eek:
 
who'd a thought there was so much love for Camber Sands on Urban:D

is it an easy walk to find without a map editor?
 
handyman121 said:
I do hope the warm sea is nothing to do with the nuclear power station just along the coast at Dungeness !
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We used to swim near the Bruce nuclear plant in Ontario all the time, just for the warm water from the heat exchanger. No radioactivity, just warm water.
 
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