Slawek and I jumped in the car and went to explore Camber on Saturday. We took sandwiches, cookies, some breadsticks and drinks and wanted to have a great, quiet time on the beach. We took a blanket, our cameras and a kite. We got there at about noon, parked our car at a parking near by... the weather was beautiful - it was nice and sunny, +20 degrees... it was just perfect...
So we grabbed all our stuff and started walking up the dunes that protect the village of Camber from the sea... and the moment we reached the beach, everything changed... the wind was blowing like crazy, it got quite chilly suddenly, the sun hid behind the clouds... total madness... We didn't want to dash our hopes of having a nice time so we rented a windshield, found a perfect place on the beach, put a blanket on golden sand and relaxed...
At least, that is what we tried to do... to relax... but we couldn't... the wind was just horrible!!! It was so strong that even renting the second windshield did not help much... sand was swirling around and was basically everywhere... we couldn't eat or drink anything because it was getting into our mouth... yuk!!!
Slawek couldn't fly his kite because the wind was too strong... we didn't really explore the beach and didn't even try to soak our feet in the sea as it was too chilly... nor did we take any photos on the beach because we feared the sand would damage the lenses...
Angie, of course, was the only one having the best time of her life... she was jumping on the sand like a rabbit, got playful with other dogs there and was getting friendly with other people... she was trying to run away from big, oncoming waves but manged to get herself wet anyway :))
We spend approximately 3 hours on the beach and decided to drive to Rye - a small town located just a couple of kilometers from Camber.
Rye is a small, ancient town located in the East Sussex countryside. It is placed on the edge of a hill and provides a nice view of Romney Marsh and the River Rother. We went for a stroll through its beautiful, small paved streets filled with historic houses, small boutiques, antigue stores and cafes.
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to see the full name of this antique store...:D
We saw a beautiful fortress - the Camber Castle built by Henry VIII in the 16th century to protect the town from invasion and a medival church from Georgian times; we discovered the Martello Towers from the 19th century and a stunning mill called the Rye Windmill.
The town is really nice and peaceful and we had a great time there :)
On our way back home we took some countryside roads and were passing by huge fields of colza. The fields filled the area with bright, deep yellows and were simply beautiful... I couldn't help it and forced my way through the middle of the field for a photo op :))
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