Arundel offers some unique photo opportunities, particularly in the early morning. Due to the lie of the land, it frequently picks up fog and mist, and being quite open, it also receives a very early dawn.

This photograph was taken just off the main A27 Arundel Bypass on the (apparently unnamed road) that leads down into the oddly-named hamlet of Warningcamp, at just before 0430 this morning. From my vantage point (see map below), the gently rolling hills are really exaggerated by the low-lying mist and fog. In the foreground is one of my favourite trees in Sussex, and it has been dead for many, many years!

The birds were in tune, there was no traffic on the roads, and it was, all in all, a very relaxing spot to be standing in. Even the rabbit sniffing at my boots thought so, until I coughed.

I slowed down on the way home past Littlehampton Marina again tonight, as there was the most amazing lingering sunset that I’d tried to capture at various places enroute home without must success and wondered if the view was anything like I hoped it would be. As I ambled past, I was not disappointed! I jumped out of the car with my little tripod and managed to snap this shot before the sun faded completely.