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September on The South Downs
Oct 2, 2013 02:55:41 #
GWR100 wrote:
Thanks very much Paul. This set was mostly taken about 2 miles West of Alfriston, near Firle Beacon and above the town of Lewes. The last one is a converted barn about half a mile North if Alfriston on the. I will pop over to Alfriston a do a set for you this Autumn as I haven't photographed for some time, can you remember where you stayed in the village?
Geoff
Geoff
Hello Geoff. I stayed at the pub Star Inn, the pub with that red edifice thing from a ship out the front - don't know if they still do accommodation. And also at a large manor house B&B on the right as you enter from the coast side. An old rectory was behind it with badgers foraging amongst the headstones at night... great atmosphere. Cheers.
Oct 2, 2013 03:05:14 #
The Star is still a well respected Hotel, and I was in there for my nieces wedding last year, --and we had a "little lunch" there a couple of weeks ago. The B & B will probably be on the Green by the Church, so I will try and suss it out get some pictures, maybe today if the light improves.
Geoff
Geoff
PaulG wrote:
Hello Geoff. I stayed at the pub Star Inn, the pub with that red edifice thing from a ship out the front - don't know if they still do accommodation. And also at a large manor house B&B on the right as you enter from the coast side. An old rectory was behind it with badgers foraging amongst the headstones at night... great atmosphere. Cheers.
Oct 2, 2013 03:08:05 #
GWR100, Thanks, actually my name is Geraint or Gerry, where did John come from?. Anyway the walk is a 100km in under 30 hours,from Queen Elizabeth Country Park and ends in Brighton.
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Oct 2, 2013 03:47:45 #
Oct 2, 2013 06:03:00 #
I haven't got a clue Gerry, but I know now, sorry. Thanks for the info, I will keep an eye open in the press and pop along and take some shots of the walkers.
taffthetooth wrote:
GWR100, Thanks, actually my name is Geraint or Gerry, where did John come from?. Anyway the walk is a 100km in under 30 hours,from Queen Elizabeth Country Park and ends in Brighton.
Oct 2, 2013 06:25:56 #
Thanks very much RDaniel, I'm pleased you like them.
RDaniel wrote:
They are all beautiful.
Oct 2, 2013 06:38:36 #
Good shots. You really nailed the feel of the countryside didn't you?
One more thing - exactly what is meant by 'Downs'? We don't use that term here. I always felt it meant something along the lines of low-lying plateaux.
Mike.
One more thing - exactly what is meant by 'Downs'? We don't use that term here. I always felt it meant something along the lines of low-lying plateaux.
Mike.
Oct 2, 2013 06:56:27 #
Thanks a lot Mike. I've wandered the Downs since I was a kid and have a strong passion for them. As for the name "Downs'" is from Old English "dün", meaning 'hill'. The word acquired the sense of 'elevated rolling grassland' around the fourteenth century.These hills are prefixed 'South' to distinguish them from another chalk escarpment, the North Downs, which runs roughly parallel to them about 30 miles (48 km) away on the northern edge of the Weald.
It is a common turn if speech in Sussex to say I'm going "up on the downs" I hope this clarifies things a bit.
Thanks again
Geoff
It is a common turn if speech in Sussex to say I'm going "up on the downs" I hope this clarifies things a bit.
Thanks again
Geoff
Oct 4, 2013 01:25:49 #
Oct 4, 2013 01:59:53 #
Thanks a lot Sue, We've got big bellowing clouds this morning, but they a black a full of water, still there may be a photo or two in them??
Thanks again
Geoff
Thanks again
Geoff
sailorsmom wrote:
Soooo beautiful, Geoff! Love the billowing clouds!
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