Camber Sands

[gaijingirl]

You can bike it form Rye - theres a cycle path along behind the dunes/ next to the road

I've done this - started in Hastings and went via Rye - lovely cycle.

 

[lizzieloo]

What's that next to the empty bit, to the left? Looks like a canal.

 

[not-bono-ever]

its botany bay tomorrow for us

 

[nick h.]

What's that next to the empty bit, to the left? Looks like a canal.

It's the river. It's got walls to stop it silting up so the boats can get to Rye. Have a look here. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...50.930576,0.772648&spn=0.014362,0.027595&z=15 It's only navigable at high tide. The picture was taken at low tide - if you follow the river to Rye you can see all the boats sitting on the mud.

 

[Gingerman]

This thread makes me wanna dig out me bucket and spade

 

[not-bono-ever]

another winner checked out today - Botany Bay - Margate way

lovel little chalk cove, with mini dunes and warmihs seas- yes, for the 2nd time this year, I took the waters of the channel

no tat shops or kiss me quick hats ( do these still exist ? ) & no Poos in the water

oh year, whilst getting fish & chips for the kids on Margate on the way back, I found a £20 bag of skunk, where some burned red piss artist yoof had been making spliifs and wandered off home, oblivious to the fact thaye had left the parapanelia on the wall!

 

[Miss-Shelf]

another winner checked out today - Botany Bay - Margate way

lovel little chalk cove, with mini dunes and warmihs seas- yes, for the 2nd time this year, I took the waters of the channel

no tat shops or kiss me quick hats ( do these still exist ? ) & no Poos in the water

oh year, whilst getting fish & chips for the kids on Margate on the way back, I found a £20 bag of skunk, where some burned red piss artist yoof had been making spliifs and wandered off home, oblivious to the fact thaye had left the parapanelia on the wall!

 

[Miss-Shelf]

we went to camber sands yesterday

rain stopped as we got off the bus (100 from rye station) and the sun came out

great swim - we used your map nick h to go the empty bit with the warm sea!
no warm seals though. and the sea was warm and bouyant with great waves coming in

nanker phelge got in the sea for the first time since he was little
so we had a group hug with him me and naker jnr in the waves
unfortuneately mini miss-shelf was having one of her bouts of holiday illness and slept on the dunes

we might try botany bay next

 

[xsunnysuex]

Camber Sands looks lovely. How would you get there from London?

 

[Maggot]

Camber Sands looks lovely. How would you get there from London?

Train from Charing Cross, Waterloo East or London Bridge to Ashford, change for train to Rye. Bus from Rye to Camber - 100 according to Miss Shelf, but also 711 IIRC.

 

[chainsaw cat]

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.

So it's full of your sperm, is it?

 

[xsunnysuex]

Train from Charing Cross, Waterloo East or London Bridge to Ashford, change for train to Rye. Bus from Rye to Camber - 100 according to Miss Shelf, but also 711 IIRC.

Thanks. Seems a lot of traveling for just a day trip though.

 

[chainsaw cat]

Thanks. Seems a lot of traveling for just a day trip though.

I'm going there from London tomorrow at 6 am.

 

[Maggot]

Thanks. Seems a lot of traveling for just a day trip though.

It is. You're better off going in a car. Or maybe going for a weekend.

 

[xsunnysuex]

I'm going there from London tomorrow at 6 am.

wow!!! Your keen. Is there a lot to do there?

 

[braindancer]

I'd reccomend cycling from Ashford - it's about 15 miles but it's a nice ride and really flat so can be done pretty quickly..... Much easier than getting a couple of trains and a bus.

 

[gaijingirl]

Also it's a great bike ride from Hastings via Rye on the bike route. The first part is uphill but then you get amazing views from the cliffs down followed by a lovely downhill and some lovely coastal and rural riding.

 

[chainsaw cat]

wow!!! Your keen. Is there a lot to do there?

Work innit.

 

[Maggot]

Work innit.

Do you work in the amusement arcade?

 

[not-bono-ever]

OK

Sunday is sunny/ Monday is cloudy but warm

I may be Camber bound

or Joss bay

Or minnis bay

or Botany bay

the choice is endless

 

[nick h.]

So it's full of your sperm, is it?

Flotsam and jism.

 

[Miss-Shelf]

OK

Sunday is sunny/ Monday is cloudy but warm

I may be Camber bound

or Joss bay

Or minnis bay

or Botany bay

the choice is endless

do you drive or get public transport?

 

[not-bono-ever]

I drive - its a good 1.5 hours from SE London, so its an early start - not sure there is any easily doable public transport to some of these places

 

[Miss-Shelf]

I've been looking up beaches by public transport - nothing under 1.5 hrs from a central station(so not factoring in the time to the station)

here's my list so far:
east sussex beaches

cooden beach
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/63/18...290643.jpg?v=0
train direct from vic 8:47 arr 10:43 £37.20
shingle, train direct to the beach
a hotel there and no other buildings

cuckmere haven
http://www.allaboutyou.com/?module=i...y&fileId=57263
http://www.sevensisters.org.uk/clien...en small.jpg
train vic 8.47 dep arr lewes 9:52 dep lewes 9:48 arr seaford 10.10 £30.80
taxi approx £7 pub at cuckmere, no facilities on beach - can walk up the valley(its in your book of walks) or bus less 10 mins
seaford is small town with own beach, cuckmere is lovely spot

climping beach
http://www.seaspritesports.com/beachguide-climping.php
dep vic 8.17
arr littlehampton 9.57 £33.20
bus 700 at 10.21 to horsemere green lane at climping
remote beach with mobile cafe/pub in car park

bosham quay
I include this just for future rememberance - can only swim at high tide
vic 8.17 dep arri chichester 9.57 dep chic 10.14 arri boshum 10.20

east head west wittering
http://www.westwitteringbeach.co.uk/estate_map.html
dep vic 8.17 arri chichester 9.57 £38.55
taxi?
bus 52 from southgate 25 mins west wittering
my swim book says the best beach withing two hours of london...

beaches in kent

botany bay
http://www.thebeachkioskatbotanybayk....uk/index.html
dep vic 9.03 arri broadstairs 10.50
£38.50
bus 8 towards canterbury 4km to the beach

fantasy outings in a day (or a longer holiday)
poole/brownsea island
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main...sea_island.htm
dep waterloo 8.35
arri pool 10.51
£65.40
foot ferry to brownsea island nature reserve


lulworth cove/durdle door
http://www.lulworthonline.co.uk/page/beaches
dep waterloo 8.35 arr wool 11.10
public transport taxi (really) £3 pp 01929 463395(10.45 returning 4.30)
£68.40

this was all in effort to pursade nanker phelge that he wanted to experience the british sea twice in one week and times / prices were for travel today(30 august) and were for two adults and child with a family rail card

Cooden beach easiest in terms on it being right next to the station and not the middle of a busy town

(these were all culled from the lifestyle swimming book about coastal swims)

 

[Treacle Toes]

Well done miss shelf that above is a very good/useful post!!!


We are finally going to camber tomorrow but will check out your reccomendations in the future.

 

[Treacle Toes]

We went to Camber....It was a wonderful day.

We swam (in the warm bit), set up in the dunes and got nicely tanned!

Pics as soon as I have them uploaded!

 

[Maggot]

We didn't go to Camber, but went to the naturist beach at nearby Fairlight Glen. A lovely remote spot.

Swam in the sea and got an all-over tan!

 

[Miss-Shelf]

We didn't go to Camber, but went to the naturist beach at nearby Fairlight Glen. A lovely remote spot.

Swam in the sea and got an all-over tan!

and

 

[not-bono-ever]

We went to Camber....It was a wonderful day.

We swam (in the warm bit), set up in the dunes and got nicely tanned!

Pics as soon as I have them uploaded!

Its great innit

the dunes a re great for running around in

more swimming in the sea when I can