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Chesterfield Road, EASTBOURNE, BN20 7NX

The end of the 100 or so miles of the South Downs Way at the pier, seen here from almost at the foot of the last last hill of the journey from Winchester

Buses in the blue and cream colours could be found until recently when the council ran its own bus services. However, these were taken over by Stagecoach a few years ago and the colours are now only seen on preserved examples such as this that run on Bank Holiday weekends.

The photo shows a southerly view of Milnthorpe Road in Eastbourne as viewed from near its junction with Chesterfield Road. Sir Ernest Shackleton stayed at 14 Minlthorpe Road between 1916 and 1922 (though he was often away in Antarctica), while George Mallory boarded at Glengorse Preparatory School on Chesterfield Road between 1896 and 1900. Although these two famous explorers and adventurers would not have known each other at that time, each went on to achieve world acclaim and near-mythic status. Shackleton, who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, was one of the main figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, while Mallory’s three British expeditions to Mt. Everest are of similar status in the field of human endeavour and achievement. While pursuing the limits of what was possible, both men died young in the places they loved, with Shackleton dying at the age of 47 and Mallory dying a few days short of his 38th birthday.

Taken from a lookout above Holywell Retreat. The towerblock can be seen quite some distance away particularly in the flat landscape surrounding Eastbourne.