Pett Level
A man searches for lug worms as the sun rises over Pett Level beach. The darker areas in the foreground are the fossilised remains of a 6,000 year old forest.
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The Harbour Arm
Along with the Pier the Harbour Arm is the other major feature of Hastings beach front. It has featured in some of my posts already and will again. During construction in the 1890’s engineers found that the sea bed where…
Bodiam Castle
Bodiam Castle, built in 1395 is another reminder that the landscape in East Sussex used to be much different. It was built to protect from French raids up the River Rother, when the river was navigable up to that point.…
Like snowflakes
All waves are different. Some are splashy. Some are bubbly… Endless, random and hypnotic to watch.
The Effects of Longshore Drift
In a recent post of mine I provided a link that explained the action of longshore drift. Although it’s not something most people notice or care about, it has profoundly changed the coastline in Sussex and the economic prospects of…
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 ,…