[Sussex] Birling Gap cliff rock slide

[The Clamp]

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?

 

[Eric Potts]

They’re going to have to move the lighthouse again soon.

 

[The Clamp]

They’re going to have to move the lighthouse again soon.

Yeah, remember the last time. Wasn’t that long ago was it?

 

[Pevenseagull]

Yeah, remember the last time. Wasn’t that long ago was it?

1999 about 50ft ... Doesn't look much further from the edge now as it did then.

Definitely not long ago in geological terms.

 

[Rogero]

It is a bed and breakfast so it is privately owned.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

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?

All the way to East Dean

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

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.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Can you get insurance for this?

Land slip destroys property ...

 

[Notters]

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]

Won't be long before there's a petition to rename the area to 'Birling Even Bigger Gap'

 

[KeegansHairPiece]

This is what happens when you build cliffs out of chalk.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

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.

 

[Notters]

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.

https://www.google.com/maps/@50.738...no-pi-0-ya139.91716-ro-0-fo100!7i10240!8i5120

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Wasn't there a cliff collapse at ASDA a few years back?

 

[ditchy]

Wasn't there a cliff collapse at ASDA a few years back?

No ...Just a price rise !

 

[knocky1]

Walked to the lighthouse 5 days ago. Needed to walk right under the cliff for access at Low Tide…..

 

[birthofanorange]

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.

 

[The Clamp]

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.

Well, I think we’ve found our culprit!

 

[birthofanorange]

Well, I think we’ve found our culprit!

Okay, okay! I'll put them back!

 

[The Clamp]

Okay, okay! I'll put them back!