Four Herring Gulls
The RSPB website describes the Herring Gull as ‘large noisy gulls’ and mentions twice that they can be found near to rubbish tips. If the RSPB struggles to find something nice to say about them you know that it’s not…
Groynes at Glyne Gap
The sun was beginning to set when these were taken, bringing out the lovely colour of the wet wood and iron work of the groynes at Glyne Gap. Groynes are designed to slow down the relentless action of longshore drift.…
In the danger zone…
Studies (here and here) have shown that living within 600m of electricity pylons increase the risk of leukaemia. The 2005 study shows that as at 2005 4{9bc1cc8a9198725c785dc299d4853e65ac3850b4f9eac8bd629e2a5d8cbd0524} of children in England and Wales live within the 600m range, which could…
The Snow
It doesn’t often snow where I live, so when it does people like to take advantage and do all the sledging and snowballing they can before it melts. That meant that there were about 3000{9bc1cc8a9198725c785dc299d4853e65ac3850b4f9eac8bd629e2a5d8cbd0524} more people in my local…
Crime Scene
The killer left a clue. I wonder if I disturbed a wild cat before it could eat the mouse* or whether it was a domestic cat from the nearby caravan park killing for fun. Whatever it was, it paused on…
The Mouth of the River Rother
The River Rother originates in Rotherfield and flows for 35 miles through Kent and East Sussex. It meets the sea here at Rye Bay. It’s a lovely place to be on a day like this.
West Marina Beach
These photos were taken during the late afternoon on the beach close to the West Marina Gardens. It had recently stopped raining and the stiff breeze was driving the clouds across the Channel. The large building is Marine Court ,…
Frosty Morning
I took a walk through my local woods to take these pictures. It was cold. When I took this picture the moon appeared much larger when I looked at it with my naked eye. This I’ve learnt is an optical…
The East Hill, Hastings
Although I’ve been on the East Hill, Hastings many times in my life, I’ve never really thought about it’s history, despite there being the remains of an Iron Age fort sat right on top of it. Whilst researching something interesting…
The View from Maggie’s Bench
If you walk around the firehills you may come across this memorial bench. It makes a good resting spot for those that have climbed the steep hill to get there. I think these benches are a better memorial than a…
The Firehills
The Firehills are to the east of Hastings, near to Fairlight. The Firehills are probably named after the gorse bushes that are common there, either because of its alternative name – furze, or because gorse burns easily or both! It…
Stormy Weather
This week has seen the first really bad weather we have had for a while. It’s not been one long week of strong winds and rain though, there have been periods where the clouds have cleared and the wind dropped.…