Out and About

The cliffs in the Brighton area which stretch all the way to Dover are composed of chalk as seen here on a recent bike ride to Newhaven.

On the Downs in a recent storm I came across this ancient warning system, when invaders ships approached the nearby shore a bonfire would be lit on this high point and on another distant highpoint a second fire would be lit, until all along the high points warnings were sent.

There were once two piers in Brighton, this old abnandoned one burned not many years ago and is soon to become the site of a new viewing tower, same designers who did the London Eye.

This paving project is quite interesting since they are using blocks of finely cut and polished granite. My students at Fanshawe College in Pat Callon's class will appreciate how straight the lines must be kept and how difficult it must be handling the 12" thick blocks of stone.