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Me on top of the Falaise d’Amont, the fields behind
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One January afternoon in Étretat, from one cliff to the other.

2 January 2025

Étretat

Thursday afternoon, from one cliff to the other.

2 January

2:19 pm. The seafront, the Porte d’Aval at the end of the beach.
2:19 pm. The seafront, the Porte d’Aval at the end of the beach.
2:23 pm, up the Falaise d’Amont. The bay.
2:23 pm, up the Falaise d’Amont. The bay.
The town below.
The town below.
2:29 pm. The chalk, in the winter sun.
2:29 pm. The chalk, in the winter sun.
3:34 pm. The cliffs running east.
3:34 pm. The cliffs running east.
3:35 pm. The sun already low.
3:35 pm. The sun already low.
3:41 pm. Back down on the beach, facing the sun.
3:41 pm. Back down on the beach, facing the sun.
A minute later, a fish on the pebbles.
A minute later, a fish on the pebbles.
4:05 pm, a coffee.
4:05 pm, a coffee.
4:45 pm. Up the Falaise d’Aval, the town and the other cliff behind.
4:45 pm. Up the Falaise d’Aval, the town and the other cliff behind.
The Porte d’Aval from above, then a window in the chalk.The Porte d’Aval from above, then a window in the chalk.
The Porte d’Aval from above, then a window in the chalk.
5:03 pm. The Aiguille, at the foot of the cliff.
5:03 pm. The Aiguille, at the foot of the cliff.

End of the line

If you go

What I’d tell a friend before the trip.

Walk along the Falaise d’Aval to see the Aiguille.

From the top, the needle and the arch line up.

Falaise d’AvalÉtretat

Stay until the sun gets low.

In January it is low by 3:30 pm, and it lights up the chalk.

Falaise d’AmontÉtretat

Skip

Barefoot on the beach.

It is all pebbles.

PlageÉtretat