Sunday, November 20, 2011
Rottingdean Windmill
What a day!
Beautiful weather and so many pleasures.
I am so sorry if you are one who has not enjoyed good weather today - quite foggy in much of the UK.
I told Bill as we drove to Brighton at 7 o'clock this morning, that I felt sure it would be fine at the coast.
I couldn't have known....but all my dreams were fulfilled, weatherwise.
I did quite well at the Brighton Marina car boot sale too.
This is the famous (or infamous) car boot sale that used to be held at Brighton Station.
It was always said that all sorts of dodgy deals were done under the cover of darkness, before most people arrived for their hunting.
We had been to this venue once before and been disappointed; but it has picked up.
Many of the sellers are dealers, small time and house clearance.
I am pleased with some interesting purchases - nothing yet sorted though.
We went for a cup of tea and toasted tea cakes by the sparkling Marina. We sat watching yachts making their way out of the safety of harbour out into the big blue sea.
Then we went to have a look at Rottingdean windmill - never been up to is before.
It was built in 1802 and has been renovated a couple of times since.
The sails are quite recent and are decorative only- they would hardly catch the wind.
View from the windmill, across The Downs, to the Marina and Brighton Pier.
Rottingdean
church, down in the misty valley.
We had quite a chat with the black dog's owner. She had 2 of them.
We got talking about art!
She is a lover of the work of Eric Ravilious, as I am.
We were joined by another woman with 2 white dogs. They come from the lovely home in the village, with the blue plaque to say that it had been the house of artist, Byrne Jones.
We thought of less cultural things when we saw the black and white dogs together.......whiskey!
I finish this section with the work of an artist - Lou Partridge.
If you like it, as I do, then look him up. He has great flare and style.
You can just
see the windmill up on the cliffs
on the right hand side.
This is quite like the view from the end of he Marina, as we have seen it several times before.
Actually I found an actual photograph on Google of such a view. It was mine, from a few years ago.
Now, it is just as well we went to Brighton. If we hadn't we might have missed a commitment we had made.
We passed the road to the Brighton athletics track.
Suddenly I remembered that were down for timekeeping this afternoon, in Horsham.
The meeting is for youngsters - the sports hall athletics league.
It is fast and furious and noisy with enthusiastic young people and their parents from all over the county.
I was chief timekeeper - and there was hardly a moment for chatting to people.
But it was great fun.
Oh - and well done Crawley.... top of the leader board.
Beautiful weather and so many pleasures.
I am so sorry if you are one who has not enjoyed good weather today - quite foggy in much of the UK.
I told Bill as we drove to Brighton at 7 o'clock this morning, that I felt sure it would be fine at the coast.
I couldn't have known....but all my dreams were fulfilled, weatherwise.
I did quite well at the Brighton Marina car boot sale too.
This is the famous (or infamous) car boot sale that used to be held at Brighton Station.
It was always said that all sorts of dodgy deals were done under the cover of darkness, before most people arrived for their hunting.
We had been to this venue once before and been disappointed; but it has picked up.
Many of the sellers are dealers, small time and house clearance.
I am pleased with some interesting purchases - nothing yet sorted though.
We went for a cup of tea and toasted tea cakes by the sparkling Marina. We sat watching yachts making their way out of the safety of harbour out into the big blue sea.
Then we went to have a look at Rottingdean windmill - never been up to is before.
It was built in 1802 and has been renovated a couple of times since.
The sails are quite recent and are decorative only- they would hardly catch the wind.
Rottingdean
church, down in the misty valley.
We had quite a chat with the black dog's owner. She had 2 of them.
We got talking about art!
She is a lover of the work of Eric Ravilious, as I am.
We were joined by another woman with 2 white dogs. They come from the lovely home in the village, with the blue plaque to say that it had been the house of artist, Byrne Jones.
We thought of less cultural things when we saw the black and white dogs together.......whiskey!
I finish this section with the work of an artist - Lou Partridge.
If you like it, as I do, then look him up. He has great flare and style.
You can just
see the windmill up on the cliffs
on the right hand side.
This is quite like the view from the end of he Marina, as we have seen it several times before.
Actually I found an actual photograph on Google of such a view. It was mine, from a few years ago.
Now, it is just as well we went to Brighton. If we hadn't we might have missed a commitment we had made.
We passed the road to the Brighton athletics track.
Suddenly I remembered that were down for timekeeping this afternoon, in Horsham.
The meeting is for youngsters - the sports hall athletics league.
It is fast and furious and noisy with enthusiastic young people and their parents from all over the county.
I was chief timekeeper - and there was hardly a moment for chatting to people.
But it was great fun.
Oh - and well done Crawley.... top of the leader board.
