Pilmer Woods, Crowborough, East Sussex

When I was 18, my parents moved from South East London to Crowborough in Sussex and one of my favourite places was the woods down Pilmer Lane. I visited them on Monday and they looked much the same with pines and silver birch and lots of moss and toad stools. Glistening Ink caps and Dead Man's fingers shown here. We lived at 37 Pleasant View Road, the frontage of which has been considerably altered. In our time it had a balcony etc as in number 33,

Nymans Gardens Sussex

Nymans,  West Sussex, is an impressive garden developed by three generations of the Messel family, from the late 19th century, The garden reached a peak in the 1930s but in 1947 there was a fire in the house, which now survives as a garden ruin with the surviving rooms now open to the public. The quality and range of plants is phenomenal but not that of the statues etc! Testing 55-210mm on Sony Nex  - the two images chosen are of a Hoverfly and the Honey Bee that it mimics.

Bexhill in Monochrome

 Some monochrome images from Bexhill - as you gather, I like the architecture - almost imagine oneself in Santorini with the white walls!

Bexhill

We visited Bexhill before returning home this morning. I was surprised to see the changes they had made since I last visited in January 2008. I must say I preferred the arches doors etc how they were then. The brown shuttering doesn't really fit well. 

The De La Warr Pavilion hadn't changed and still great for wide-angle photography

Eastbourne Eventually

 Very disappointed that we got so held up by traffic queues that we were unable to get to Roy King's Memorial tea in Sutton. As well as the jams, my sat. nav. decided to malfunction showing us to be a few hundred yards from our position all the time! Eventually we got to Eastbourne and enjoyed some evening light on and around the pier.
arrived