Beachy Head

When I somewhere read that this place is among top ten famous suicide spots in the world I just wanted to get there. Finally, after some conference in London I decided to take a day off and visit this beautiful place called Beachy Head.

To get there you need to take the train from London Victoria to Eastbourne. It takes about 1.5 hours to get there. Then go through this nice town in the direction of the beach side. Once you get there, turn right and continue walking. Sooner the road gets steeper and finally you will enjoy a breathtaking view over the English Channel.

I was lucky with the weather and the atmosphere was very special there. I hope you will feel this through the photos.

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one of the best suicide spots

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beachy head spot

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be achy head view

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English Channel view

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beachy head England

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beachy head cliff

You can make this walk during one day, so to finish it you can turn right few minutes later after reaching the Belle Tout Lighthouse and continue walking. On the way you can catch the bus 12 (“coaster”) to return to the town. At the end of the day sun showed up and my mood has changed. To celebrate life I had my best fish and chips at “Harry Ramsden’s”

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fish and chips in Eastbourne

Preikestolen and Stavanger

A few years ago I had a chance to live in Norway for half a year. The country of fjords has so many amazingly beautiful nature spots! One of them is Preikestolen or Pulpit rock which is a steep cliff rising 604 metres (1982 feet) above Lysefjorden, opposite the Kjerag plateau, with an almost flat top of approximately 25 by 25 metres (82 by 82 feet). To get there you need to first visit a very nice small town Stavanger. From there just take a bus to the starting hiking point. The whole route is manageable within one day and does not need any special equipment or experience. Simple hiking shoes and light windbreaker should suffice.

On the way you will meet some local sheeps

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on the way to preikestolen

and will enjoy some landscapes like this one

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on the way to pulpit rock

And finally you will see this

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preikestolen

and this

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pulpit rock

Stavanger is quite small and very charming town. Don’t miss a chance to walk there and I especially recommend you to enjoy the fish market on the main street

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stavanger streets

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stavanger streets