During my trip to Sussex, I climbed up Beachy Head.
The walk is a steep one – but I was joined
By wildflowers and stunted trees waving their hair in the wind.
The blue of the sea faded
Into the blue of the sky.
I heard the skylarks – and also a more unusual sound –
Bagpipes being played by a lone piper (intent on not annoying his neighbours?)
He played well – and the music made the scenery even more majestic.
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Lady Fi 
…I guess!
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I haven’t been to Beachy Head in years, I had forgotten how pretty it was
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Oh, Fiona, I can’t imagine anything more wonderful than a (talented) lone piper appearing out of nowhere. All of my Gaelic roots would be a-quiver, if that isn’t a mixed metaphor or something (still on my first coffee of the day here) — thanks for sharing your walk to Beachy Head.
I have had my Our World post ready for a while now and am fighting to keep away from it because I edit and re-edit things to death if they’re written more than a few hours ahead of time. Once a journeyman printer, always a proofreader, and a very persnickety one at that. Sigh.
Kay
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It really made my day!
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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blue sky and blue sea. my favorite combo
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Hello, lovely blue skies and scenes. I would like to hear the sound of the bagpipes. Have a happy day and new week!
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So cool to hear the bagpiper!!
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Beautiful pictures and sensitive commen.
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The bagpipe playing at a distance would add a majestic sense of beauty to the sweeping scenery. In my world, a neighbor plays the guitar outdoors softly on some evenings and it is wonderful to hear.
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Marvelous skies!
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The bagpiper’s consideration was a gift for you! 🙂
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A neat surprise to hear the bagpiper. Lovely photos.
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Lovely to see your photographs.
I had to smile at the story of the bag-pipe player … similar happened to my husband Eddie a few years back.
He was actually playing golf, and it was a misty late afternoon and he suddenly heard the sound of bagpipes being played …
Well, they have to practise don’t they!
All the best Jan
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Gorgeous blues and a great shot of the piper.
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Beautiful blue skies, and the piper, fabulous.
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What a beautiful view and day for a hike. From the look of the trees, the wind must really rip!
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The perfect soundtrack for that scenery! Beautiful!
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Beautiful! I just love those skies 🙂
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Wow.
Though the piper would have made me weep. They always do.
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Finding a piper out there seems almost surreal… Love the sky.
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Just gorgeous!
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The sky is like a blank canvas on which the clouds paint a picture. It is never boring to watch the sky!
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What a lovely visit to your old stomping grounds (I assume?…. is this where you spent your childhood?)…. whatever, it is beautiful and the music seems the perfect accompaniment.
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I was brought up in many different countries. But this is my mum’s old stomping grounds with my dad.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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HA! Fiona, I love your post title for this post. VERY clever!!! 🙂
That first photograph of the wildflowers and trees blowing in the wind is gorgeous. You can actually see the motion as if the image was a moving film.
And that blue sky….WOW!
“He played well – and the music made the scenery even more majestic.”
Oh how wonderful! Almost like a soundtrack.
Thanks so much for sharing the beauty, my friend!
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Stunning photos! And such a beautiful place!
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Beautiful scenes.I am sure the bagpipe music added to the beauty.
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Wonderful – I especially love that one with the endless ocean.
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I love bagpipes at any time, but in such a locale? Romantic!!!!
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wow amazing skyview.
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Beautiful pictures!
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Beautiful country for sure.
http://calrat.blogspot.com/2018/05/roadtrip-to-pacific-northwest-multnomah.html
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So blue and beautiful 🙂
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The music of the bagpipes is like the sound of children playing – very nice in the distance but not recommended in an enclosed space!
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Awesome scenes. I can see how bent the trees are so it must be very windy there on the coast line. What a treat to hear the bagpipes as you journeyed on.
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You certainly don’t expect to hear bagpipes on Beachy Head! But how lovely to hear them on a sunny day, and not just skirling through Northern mists….
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Gorgeous. And I love that you had the piper for background music. There’s something about a lone piper…
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The piper must had added to the atmosphere. My Mum used to saw, that when gorse is out of flower, kissing is out of fashion. So, its still fashionable I see!
Cheers – Stewart M – Melbourne
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Your lovely posts always take me on a trip with words and photos that give me a greater insight and vision of the spot we visit. I’d love to go to Beachy Head and listen to the music of the birds.
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Beachy Head is not all Scottish but I can understand what you mean there. Love the deep blue skies.
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Beautiful captures and you are blessed to have the live music too!
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I can see your trip was fantastic and your photos very wonderful
Sure, the man who played the bagpipe tried not to disturb his neighbors. I know one who does the same, he goes to lonely places near the sea.
Hugs
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La Mirada Ausente · & · Cristal Rasgado
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Beautiful!
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Wonderful skies.
Thank you for hosting.
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You’re very welcome. Thank YOU for participating.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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How beautiful, the colors and the trees.
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Your first photograph is breathtaking Fionna! A fantastic hike.
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Music or else it will be total silence
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The birds were singing, so never completely silent.
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Nice colours!
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Beautiful shots!
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gorgeous brushstrokes on the sky, the blues are beautiful!!!
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Gorgeous photography!
Happy Day to You,
C & Z
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I Love Blue!
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How lyrically perfect that sound must have been. Excellent imagery of the trees waving their hair in the wind hope they don’t have allergies.
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What a beautiful place–the views and the sound of the bagpipes must have been magical!
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How wonder-blue and the magic of the sound of the bagpipes! Gorgeousness all around!
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Oh I would love to see Beachy Head under a blue sky, I have only seen it surrounded by fog. Fabulous photos.
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You made me homesick ! Since 2008 I spent each year 10 days with my friends in Eastbourne and I have been so many times on Beachy Head, it’s so beautiful !
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Eastbourne is lovely!
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Beautiful images Fiona, the English countryside is hard to beat.. and what a bonus, I do love the bagpipes!
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blootiful and bootiful
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Extraordinary beauty.
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Impressive series. Well done.
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Blues and music, you are lucky.
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I agree beautiful! I wonder why the guy was playing outside in what looks like to be the middle of no where?
http://travelingbugwiththreeboys-kelleyn.blogspot.de/2018/05/ulm.html
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Love Beachy Head – and I’ve even seen it looking almost as exotic as it does in your stunning photos. A piper in Sussex? – Mmm, you don’t see many of those…
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I love your change of palette from winter whites to springy blues. Plus, we have a newly minted Duke and Duchess of Sussex as of Harry and Meghan’s wedding day. I have been offline for some time because of a death in the immediate family.
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So very very sorry to hear this.
Lady Fi wrote: > >
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Gorgeous! Love those windswept trees!
-Soma
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How lovely! The sky is amazing. And what a treat to hear bagpipes out in nature — so unusual. I would love it!
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the perfect match, mountains+sea! i’m dying to visit the uk, maybe in a couple of years!
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