Length: Approx 5 miles
Time: Approx 2 1/2
hours at a slowish pace.
Ascent: +-2m
Easy parking on the B2179.
1. Looking across Snow Hill Creek to East Head.
2. Wild Violet Viola papilionacea Pursh p.p.
3. Part of the new West Wittering tidal flood defences. Originally due to be finished in 2012 work was delayed by the horrendous wet weather. It is now due to be finished in Spring 2013.
4. Looking roughly north across the harbour and Thorney Island.
5. East Head is one of our favourite spots on the south coast. On a sunny day it's like a tropical island.
6. This and the previous photo are of the inside curve of the head. At high tide it fills up and only leaves a thin strip of beach.
7. Every day the tide washes the sand clean and the wildlife leaves its mark.
8. Sand sculpted by the movement of the tide.
9. At high tide this yacht would be able to come straight across where I'm standing.
9. The dunes are very vulnerable to erosion on the western side. These dunes have suffered a landslide during the winter storms.
10. This is West Wittering beach looking towards East Wittering. On a warm summer's day it would be packed.
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