PHOTOGRAPHY: DUNGENESS

Dungeness is the southernmost point on the Kent coast. I had not been there since I was a very small child, so was quite looking forward to visiting it again. However, things did not go according to plan and I had to do a lot more walking than I anticipated (a roundabouts way of saying I got lost), which was not particularly pleasant in boiling hot conditions.

Getting there:

• Easy option:  Given its remote position, the easiest way of getting there is by car, which is not such good news if you do not drive. 
• Expensive option: Catch the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway, which offers you a picturesque journey along the Romney Marshes.
• Cheap but time consuming option: Catch the 102 bus as far as The Pilot Inn in Lydd-on-Sea and walk the short distance to Dungeness headland.

How I got there: 

• I took the wrong bus in Camber Sands and ended up in Lydd (not to be confused with Lydd-on-Sea).
• I then had to walk through a huge field (literally teeming with dragonflies and my absolute pet horror, butterflies).
• I then walked through most of the RSPB Nature Reserve, where I was given proper directions
• I then walked the 3 or so miles to Lydd-on-Sea, by which time I had lost all will to live, lost interest in seeing anything and, rather irritatingly, had to start making my way back to Folkestone.

What is there:

• Dungeness Lighthouses
• Nuclear Power Plants
• RSPB Nature Reserve
• The United Kingdom's only desert (enormous shingle beach)
• Acoustic mirrors in Greatstone

I walked through most of the nature reserve by "acciudent" and only got to the see the power stations and lighthouse, which was rather annoying.

DUNGENESS NUCLEAR POWER STATION

DUNGENESS LIGHTHOUSE