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Posted: 15 Jan 2015

Taken: 15 Jan 2015

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water-meadow •
Cuckmere •
Seaford •
Sussex •
UK •
England •
flood •
valley •
river •
field •
The South Downs National Park •
South Downs National Park •
taken from a location reached by public transport •
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Flooded fields in the Cuckmere Valley - Sussex - 15.1.2015

Flooded fields in the Cuckmere Valley - Sussex - 15.1.2015

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 Gerda
Gerda
A very beautiful capture of a not so pleasant situation...
9 years ago.
Phil Sutters club has replied to Gerda
Thanks, Gerda. These fields lie below the river level. The river runs between the hills on one side and a raised bank, about two metres high, so flooding is inevitable, if there is heavy or prolonged rain as the water that drains into them cannot get away. Cows graze there in the summer, but in winter the fields become home to ducks and geese.
This is the same field in the Summer, from the opposite direction - www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/25919847
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.
 Phil Sutters
Phil Sutters club
Most of our local developments have been created within the town boundaries, often by knocking down existing bungalows and then building higher, or dividing up properties with large gardens into smaller plots. Newhaven is where there could be development at a lower level, albeit on 'brownfield' sites. We are now surrounded by the South Downs National Park, which may give a little more protection until London commuterland spreads even further.
9 years ago. Edited 9 years ago.

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