https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/19484820.pictures-huge-cliff-fall-birling-gap-wipes-public-path/
A big one. Taken the path out.
How far back could this go eventually?
A big one. Taken the path out.
How far back could this go eventually?
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[Sussex] Birling Gap cliff rock slide
- Thread starter The Clamp
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Eric Potts
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They’re going to have to move the lighthouse again soon.
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Yeah, remember the last time. Wasn’t that long ago was it?
Pevenseagull
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- Jul 20, 2003
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1999 about 50ft ... Doesn't look much further from the edge now as it did then.
Definitely not long ago in geological terms.
Cheeky Monkey
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- Jul 17, 2003
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Still struggle to get my head round them moving Belle Tout back en masse on rollers, the logistics of that, the engineering nous etc. They figured for a cost of £1-2m, I think it was, that it would buy them 10 years. It’s going to end up in East Dean by the end of this century!
Edit: beaten to it by HWT!
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As long as Dennis Waterman gets out alive, that’s the important thing.
Edit: beaten to it by HWT!
. As long as Dennis Waterman gets out alive, that’s the important thing.
Shropshire Seagull
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Can you get insurance for this?
Land slip destroys property ...
Land slip destroys property ...
Still struggle to get my head round them moving Belle Tout back en masse on rollers, the logistics of that, the engineering nous etc. They figured for a cost of £1-2m, I think it was, that it would buy them 10 years. It’s going to end up in East Dean by the end of this century!
Edit: beaten to it by HWT!
As long as Dennis Waterman gets out alive, that’s the important thing.
There's a hell of a steep drop behind it now so would be tricky I think.
studio150
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Won't be long before there's a petition to rename the area to 'Birling Even Bigger Gap'
KeegansHairPiece
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- Jan 28, 2016
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This is what happens when you build cliffs out of chalk.
Perfidious Albion
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Looked at the google earth view of Belle Tout taken prior to latest fall. It was still close to the edge. ( Sorry could not post a link)
From the road one might have thought it was further back than that . NB, despite the lovely views I would not recommend staying there.
From the road one might have thought it was further back than that . NB, despite the lovely views I would not recommend staying there.
Lyndhurst 14
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- Jan 16, 2008
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Wasn't there a cliff collapse at ASDA a few years back?
No ...Just a price rise !
Back in the 70's, I thought nothing of climbing those cliffs, armed only with a hammer and a few chisels, looking for fossils and coming home with loads of gypsum and quartz crystals.
I wouldn't go near them, now.
I wouldn't go near them, now.
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Well, I think we’ve found our culprit!
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