I delight in walking Fern, my English Springer Spaniel, through the woods and fields around Stanmer and over the South Downs.
Saturday 31 December 2011
Friday 30 December 2011
. . . and still more sheep!
Thursday 29 December 2011
Wednesday 28 December 2011
Tuesday 27 December 2011
Vandalism
Monday 26 December 2011
Mud and puddles
Given that this has been the driest autumn on record, that a local water company has recently been granted a drought order to permit it to extract water from rivers, and that we have had virtually no rain for the last week or two, I was astonished to find the path from Falmer to Balmer Down was so muddy on Saturday.
Sunday 25 December 2011
Saturday 24 December 2011
The harbour mouth
Friday 23 December 2011
The lifeboat station
Thursday 22 December 2011
Shoreham-by-Sea
The Sussex Shoreham (there is another in Kent) is basically three parts. There's Old Shoreham up by the old toll bridge (where we saw St Nicolas church a couple of weeks ago), Shoreham-by-Sea (which is the subject of today's picture) and Shoreham Beach (the opposite bank of the River Adur from which I took this picture).
Wednesday 21 December 2011
Early dusk
Tuesday 20 December 2011
Pink
Monday 19 December 2011
Failure
Can you see the rainbow? No, nor can I, but it had been there. We saw it first from the kitchen window. I dashed upstairs, grabbed the camera, removed the lens cap and switched on. The rainbow was still there. By the time I had pressed the button it had gone! But the light was something a bit different, sort of yellowish.
Sunday 18 December 2011
Saturday 17 December 2011
Friday 16 December 2011
Thursday 15 December 2011
Wednesday 14 December 2011
Royal Crescent
Tuesday 13 December 2011
The Sassoon mausoleum
Just along the road from St George's church is what was once the Sassoon mausoleum, now a restaurant. Too much history for me to post here but Wikipedia has more details.
Monday 12 December 2011
St George's church
Sunday 11 December 2011
The Royal Sussex
Just a little farther along Eastern Road from Brighton College is the Royal Sussex County Hospital, dating from 1828 in pre-Victorian times. There are plans to demolish the old block seen here and replace it with up-to-the-minute facilities (which they probably were 180+ years ago!). The very new children's hospital can just be seen in the top right-hand corner of the picture. This photo was taken in the summer, just before the Gay Pride weekend, hence the flag as well as the Union flag.
Saturday 10 December 2011
Friday 9 December 2011
Thursday 8 December 2011
Pill box
Wednesday 7 December 2011
Tuesday 6 December 2011
Morning light
Monday 5 December 2011
Sunday 4 December 2011
Saturday 3 December 2011
Old Shoreham
We return to Shoreham today, specifically Old Shoreham. This picture, taken from the west bank of the River Adur, shows the Old Shoreham toll bridge with St Nicolas church in the background. This bridge was for many years the main crossing of the river although only wide enough for a single carriageway. The bridge was originally built in 1781 and was restored in 2008 when it was re-opened by the Duke of York. "Restored" is rather euphemistic as the bridge was practically rebuilt.
Friday 2 December 2011
Thursday 1 December 2011
Wednesday 30 November 2011
Tuesday 29 November 2011
Lancing College
Monday 28 November 2011
Old Shoreham
Sunday 27 November 2011
Saturday 26 November 2011
Friday 25 November 2011
Season of mists
When I set off with the dog just before 9.00 we had thick fog. By the time I got home we could see the top of the Downs above the fog in the valley. A quarter of an hour later we could see the valley as well.
Actually, that was on Wednesday but I've only just got round to downloading the pics from the camera.
Thursday 24 November 2011
Twisted tree
Wednesday 23 November 2011
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Monday 21 November 2011
The stile
Stiles have been made in this way all my life and probably for many years before. As a means of crossing a fence, they don't come much simpler. But they do present something of a challenge to the less agile and are impossible to pass with a wheelchair. Brighton & Hove City Council must have spent thousands of pounds replacing barbed-wire fences on land it owns with sheep-proof netting and, at the same time, installing gates. Many of those gates are in places where nobody would attempt to take a wheelchair, but I suppose some fit young mothers might take a pushchair or buggy.
Sunday 20 November 2011
It's fallen in the water
Saturday 19 November 2011
Friday 18 November 2011
Sold
Actually, it's only the fixtures and fittings that have been sold. The new "owners" have acquired the remainder of the lease without any premium. I wonder if the fixures and fittings include the millions that Mike Holland spent renovating the building? Anyway, the new owners intent to open Stanmer House as an up-market restaurant. I suspect that the prices will be too steep for my pocket so I will not be posting a restaurant review any time soon!
Thursday 17 November 2011
Patcham Place
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