Keymer Cross

This signpost stands on the South Downs Way top of the Downs above the village of Keymer. I have always known this as Keymer Cross but since this replacement signpost was installed fairly recently it seems the name has been changed to Keymer post. The little pile of flints appears to be all that remains of the sad memorial we saw in October last year.

Nearly ready

Some fields of barley are being harvested now but this field was still untouched when we were there a few days ago.

The last bales

Haymaking is finished.

From the bedroom window - 3

Give it another hour (9.23) and this was the state of play: rain, heavy at times.

From the bedroom window - 2

This was (more or less) the same view three hours later (8.15am).

From the bedroom window - 1

This is the first in a short series of pictures taken yesterday morning from my bedroom window. This one was taken just after 5 o'clock as the sky was getting light.

A Downland bouquet

Real wild flowers today - ragwort, cow parsley, knapweed and scabious.