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…
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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…
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.…
Hastings Beach
This photo shows the Alfie Elliot being launched. The wooden sleepers that help move the boat over the shingle can be seen by the three men on the left. The boat is being given a final shove into the sea.…
The Castle from Hastings Station
In my last post I said that the castle is one of the key visual features of the town. Visitors travelling by train are greeted with this scene as they exit the station. It almost sums up Hastings in one…
Two views of Hastings
This is a view of the West Hill, Hastings. The prominence on the left is called ‘Ladies Parlour’ a flatish piece of ground that sits on top of sandstone cliffs that drop away to the sea. This ground was possibly…
Bulverhythe Beach
Bulverhythe Beach, which lies between Hastings and Bexhill, is the site of an old wreck and a prehistoric forest. They can only be seen a low tide however so I didn’t photograph those, no doubt I will return to do…
Pioneer NN200
If you type Pioneer NN200 into Google you can find many – photos – of – this – boat. I was quite suprised at first, I was only looking to see if I could find some information about it. I…
The Battle of Hastings, 14th October 1066
The Battle of Hastings was fought on this day in 1066. This site provides a comprehensive overview of this pivotal point in English history. For those with less time here is the wikipedia page! Finally here is an entertaining game…
Hastings Fishing Fleet
Everyone* takes pictures of the Hastings Fishing Fleet, so here is one from me. The boats that make up Hastings Fishing Fleet are registered to Rye as that town still has official port status. The RX signifies this. Hastings hasn’t…