The bad weather that started before Christmas has continued into the new year. In Hastings there were warnings that the strong winds and a super high tide would threaten to push the sea over the flood defences. That didn’t happen…
These pictures show the river Rother flooding at Bodiam. This flooding occurred after several days of very hard rain. In the days since these were taken there was even more sustained heavy rain and the road was temporarily closed. Bodiam…
These photographs of Hastings beach at low tide were taken in 2011. I haven’t been able to take many photos recently so I’ve started trawling through old photos to see if any are better on a second viewing. I should…
Before you begin reading this post about Rye Harbour you should really turn your speakers on and play this YouTube video. The sound effects played will accompany these images nicely. The sound of the wind whistling through yacht masts, the…
It’s sunset on Hastings Stade and fishing boat RX38 heads off into the night to begin its work. The crew of the boat is plying the same trade as those ancestors who worked the same waters before the Norman Invasion.…
The picture of Pett Level above shows the height of the sea defences. The land is only just above sea level and it is these defences that keep the sea at bay and usable for livestock. Of course, it used…
The Shard of Glass is London’s tallest building so it only seemed right to show the entire structure. Shame that lady walked past, but then you don’t see that many yellow coats these days. I haven’t been to the viewing…
For The Fallen With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children, England mourns for her dead across the sea. Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit, Fallen in the cause of the free. Solemn the drums thrill;…
The St Jude Storm of 2013. A storm expected to be so powerful that it was named after the Patron Saint of Lost Causes. Not even the storm of 1987 was given a name until after it had passed, and…
I visit Bodiam Castle frequently as my daughter likes it there. I normally have my camera with me, but struggle to come up with photographs that are different from what I’ve taken before. Long term readers of this site will…
This photo of an Avro Lancaster Bomber over Eastbourne was taken during the town’s 2013 Airbourne show. Its fly past was accompanied by a Spitfire and a Hurricane and was, with the possible exception of the Red Arrows, the highlight…
Technically this photo of Bexhill-on-Sea was taken from the roof of the building at the foot of Galley Hill, but that information was too long to use as a post title. Bexhill-on-Sea likely came into being when King Offa granted…
