Sussex Countryside Tour
1 October I join
Sussex Countryside Tour, which is organised by Student Union. It was a bit
raining and sunshine sequentially, while it was still a wonderful excursion!
Seven Sisters Country Park
Morning tour
with a local guide travelling along coast through
Rottingdean and the
famous spot in Sussex: Seven Sisters Country Park.
It is great that we have a
local guide who told us many stories and history about the area, legends, such
as the name “Sussex” is origined from “Anglo-Saxon”, a people who inhabited
Great Britain from the 5th century. Check this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons
Birling Gap and Beachy Head
We stop at
Birling Gap and Beachy Head—the highest chalk cliff in Britain to see the light
tower.
Eastbourne
Soon we stop
for lunch in the busy seaside town of Eastbourne, the city centre for shopping
and the place that Brighton Pier is located. By the way, the local guide told
us, people like to call “Brighton Pier” as “Shakespeare”.
Prvensey
We continued
to Prvensey for a brief look at the Norman Castle. According to history, a
sophisticated trading community lived within the Roman walls well into the
fifth century before the Roman invasion. In 1066, William, the conqueror
established his base camp within this walls and strengthened, remodeled it
functioned as defences.
Alfriston
The pretty
village has its 14th century church and clergy house. It is now
needed to reconstruct and calls for donation. The village has a nostalgic bookstore
and the tea room probably is another feature in the main street.
All the houses are full of their own designed styles with different flowers and
decorations, yet the whole image of them comes as one.
To explore
the antique and gift shops can spend a whole day here, I didn’t try a traditional
“Sussex cream tea” due to time is limited; instead, to take more photos, I take
a walk along the river.
I hope some day I have a chance again to revisit here!
