Coast

Took an amble over the downs above Eastbourne this afternoon. There was a lovely blanket of seasonal Bluebells and some of the rarer white ones too.

Just some random shots of animals, flowers and stuff!

A selection of mostly 'tourist type' shots from around Manhattan in the Spring, featuring the usual skyline, famous buildings and some other, thought provoking stuff.

A few pictures of the Rock-a-Nore area of Hastings on a cold March day

A collection of odd shots that will build through the coming Winter and into Spring

Two low pressure systems squeezed winds up to 50 mph along the coast at Eastbourne, making it quite rough at sea.

Diving and snorkling in the clear blue waters of the South Sinai Peninsula exploring the fish and coral in El Basha Bay and Marsa Alam.

This album of pictures are nothing particularly unusual, tourist shots on a compact camera of Eastbourne seafront.

However, for posterity, these were shot around 3.30 pm on October 2nd 2011 not in the height of Summer!

A few shots of the terrific more sunrise over East Sussex on 30th Septmeber 2011 - the Indian Summer

Just some stuff I shot to get the feel of my new camera - its scary with lots of buttons!

28th November 2010 Pevensey Bay, East Sussex

Riders from all over the world whizzed down the new super fast Beachy Head road as Canadian Scott ‘Scoot’ Smith was crowned the International Gravity Sports Association (IGSA) third World Cup Series winner at Eastbourne’s Go Fast! Speed Days.

Dropped by recently to see this impressive attraction, well worth a visit if you live close by or are on holiday in the area!

All photos that have a weather theme

Well it was forecast and eventually the skies opened up and gave us the best covering for years!

A few shots taken through the windscreen of the car as it was too dangerous to go outside (+ I couldn't keep the camera still!)

Paul Sherman was along for the experience as was very impressed by the strength and ferocity.

In 1933 the 9th Earl De La Warr, the socialist Mayor of Bexhill, launched an international competition for a new Pavilion for arts and entertainment on the seafront in Bexhill on Sea.

This was the first major competition for a public building which sought a specifically modern solution. The brief was to be; simple in design, light in appearance, include large window spaces, terraces and canopies, and use a modern steel-framed or concrete construction. This brief was an open invitation to design a building within the Modernist style, then currently in vogue in Europe.

In the 1930's Modernism was introduced to Britain by the arrival of a number of German Jewish architects and designers, who came to Britain following Hitler‘s rise to power. They included key figures in the Bauhaus and Modernist movements such as Walter Gropius, Moholy Nagy, Marcel Breuer, and Eric Mendelsohn.

Mendelsohn and his architectural partner
Serge Chermayeff beat 229 other competitors to be awarded the commission to design the new Pavilion. The original design, a model of which can be seen in the architecture wing at the V & A, included a swimming pool and a pier.

Work started on the welded steel frame, devised by structural engineer Felix Samuely in January 1935. The construction process was a big event in itself, attracting large crowds and national press attention.

On laying a plaque in May 1935, the Earl De La Warr declared his vision.

"A Modernist building of world renown which will become the crucible for creating a new model of culture provision in an English Seaside town which is going to lead to the growth, the prosperity and greater culture of our town".

The De La Warr Pavilion was officially opened on 12th December 1935 by the Duke and Duchess of York, later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (later the Queen Mother).

Its contemporary design and pioneering purpose ensured it was the most talked-about building of the decade.

A few shots of the washed up cargo of the Ice Prince which has now reached a point just before Beachy Head. There were also a few surfers out:

a) There was still wood floating around
b) It was rudddy cold!

A selection of pics taken at the end of December 2007 at the Cuckmere Haven Country Park and featuring the first of the Seven Sisters cliffs leading to Beachy Head.

Random pics, some taken out of the window at work!