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[Sussex] Birling Gap cliff rock slide





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Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Cheeky Monkey

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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! :).

As long as Dennis Waterman gets out alive, that’s the important thing.
 


Notters

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Oct 20, 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! :).

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.
 


Perfidious Albion

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Oct 25, 2011
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At the end of my tether
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.
 

Lyndhurst 14

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


knocky1

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

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David Gilmour's armpit
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

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West is BEST
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!
 



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