The Ruined Pier
Can there be such a thing as too many pictures of Hastings’ ruined pier? It appears in my photos quite a lot. Hopefully it won’t be a ruin for much longer so I suppose it’s important to capture images…
Category Seascapes
Pett Level Groyne
I was sat on Pett Level beach one afternoon late last summer. The tide was coming in, so too was a sea mist. Fairlight hill was slowly becoming obscured by it. The mist veiled the sun replacing vibrant colours…
Hastings Pier
Like the Harbour Arm, Hastings Pier is also under constant pressure from the sea. Yet although the pier seems much frailer than the solid concrete harbour arm, it relies on clever design rather than brute strength. The core structure…
Rye Bay as the sun rises
A view across Rye Bay looking towards Camber Sands and Dungeness taken at sunrise. Large stretches of the land here are designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest. The erosion and deposits over the centuries have created an area…
Hastings Harbour Arm
Hastings Harbour Arm takes a battering during a storm. This is another photograph taken during the session mentioned in my recent post. I don’t know what it is about the Harbour Arm, but it has a presence that goes…
Sunrise on a Windy Day part 2
Sometimes, during the times I’m out taking photographs, I come back only to find that most of the pictures haven’t turned out as I’d hoped. A photo might look ok on the camera screen, but when viewed full size…
Hastings Fishing Fleet
 In August 2012 the fisheries exploited by the Hastings Fishing Fleet were re-certified as sustainable and well managed by the Marine Stewardship Council. It common sense that fisheries should be sustainable, but short term financial gain counts for more in…
By The Seaside : The Secret Of The Sea
I was struggling to find something to write about this photo, so I looked for some appropriate poetry instead. I found a verse by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, a prolific American poet who lived between 1807 and 1882. I wondered if…
Hastings, Surfer’s Paradise
Hastings is not known as a surfer’s paradise because it is not one. But when the wind is strong and blowing in the right direction and the tide is in there is, if you are inclined, a chance to…
Sunrise on a Windy Day
The alarm going off an hour before sunrise. Forcing myself to shake off the desire to stay in the warm and go back sleep. Looking out the window to see if the skies look clear. Creeping about the flat trying…
Hastings Old Town from the West Hill
The West Hill is the sandstone wedge the separates Hastings Old Town from the town centre. The clouds bearing the overnight rain was moving away over the channel, and the temperature had dipped. These two photos were taken in between…
Hastings Harbour Arm at Sunset
Here is Hastings Harbour Arm as the sun sets. The Harbour Arm was used to shelter the burning cargo ship SS Lugano in April 1906. The fire started as the ship was sailing in the Channel on the way to…