The third day

For the third day running this is the view from the bedroom window. I just hope Stanmer woods and the Downs are still there!

A sign of spring

It's very early, but they look remarkably like the new shoots of bluebells poking up through the leaves.

Panoramic view

Before we leave the Roman camp - sorry, Hollingbury hill fort - one last picture. This is a Photoshop montage of several pictures taken from the north-west corner of the fort (not as well blended as Photoshop usually manages) looking south-west at the left-hand side, through north to almost due east at the right of the picture. As you can see, the views from here are quite extensive.

A mole's eye view

Hollingbury Fort - the interior still

This is one of the disc barrows - Bronze Age burial mounds. Indeed, it is the only one which can still be discerned easily. You can learn more here.

Hollingbury Fort - the interior

The Boss has never bothered to measure the extent of the fort but if the measurements given on another web site are correct, the area covered is something like 48 acres. Much of the interior has been taken over by gorse bushes with paths threading through them like a maze.

Same viewpoint

But no mist. We actually saw the sun yesterday although it disappeared behind the cloud soon after this picture was taken. Then it rained. Again.

By the way, those white bits in the background hills are not snow. They are chalk quarries (now disused) just outside Lewes.