Regular readers will have noticed that I’ve been producing a number of panoramic pictures recently and the latest is of Rye Harbour, where the River Rother meets the sea. With normal aspect photographs the framing of the shot focussed…
Despite it looking like it was taken from a boat, this picture of Camber Sands was taken from across the River Rother, where the river exits into the sea. Behind the sand dunes can be seen the wind turbines…
On this day the clouds over the channel were worthy of a photograph, but one photograph wasn’t enough to convey the scene. This West Hill Panorama is the result. If you click on the photo it will take you…
This panoramic picture was put together using eight different photos. For those not familiar with Hastings allow me to be a guide. The view is from the Harbour Arm, looking north. The Fishing Fleet is to the right and…
A rare break in the clouds enabled me to take a couple of photos of the River Brede in flood. If the internet is to be believed, during the summer it is home to man eating blanket weed, a…
Burwash village in East Sussex was home to Rudyard Kipling who lived at Batemans about a mile away from the village centre. Kipling based a number of his books in the area including Puck of Pooks Hill and Rewards and…
 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…
Rye’s history has a lot in common with that of Hastings and Winchelsea. It was once a bustling seaside town and member of the Cinque Ports confederation. The changing coastline and raids by the French during the 12th century doomed…
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…
Alexandra Park War Memorial was commissioned by the Mayor of Hastings upon the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on 28th June 1919. The Mayor, Mr A Blackman, announced “The Peace was signed today. On this day of rejoicing let…
St Catherine’s Lighthouse is situated at the southern most point of the Isle of Wight. The lighthouse was built in 1838 as a response to the wreck of the Clarendon in 1836, in which 25 people perished. The story of…
The Cliff Railway on the East Hill, Hastings opened on 9th April 1903. According to this website, the town’s unemployed men helped to build it. With an incline of 1:1.28 it is the steepest cliff railway in Britain. Originally the…
