Seven Sisters to Seaford

Exploring westwards from Eastbourne we planned to walk along a section of one of the UK coastal highlights atop the Seven Sisters cliffs.Typically, the blue sky and sunshine disappeared as soon as we set out to do so, grey clouds descending.Would we stay dry?Would the dog manage 7.9 miles?Would there be a decent pint at the end?The Coaster 13X bus took us from our Eastbourne base to Birling Gap, home of some clifftop cottages, a visitor centre, and lots of day-trippers in kagools.A staircase at Birling Gap provides the opportunity to descend to the pebbles and grab a photo from beneath the cliffs rather than on top of 'em. Then we were on our way, up a track past a few remote holiday huts, a gate taking us out onto the open expanse of grassy clifftops.German football fans with stickers really do get everywhere, don't they?The path is a rollercoaster of ups and downs, some steeper than others, with a constant wow factor of the views ahead.Enhanced by the welcome appearance of a bit of…