Sun gets in your eyes

It was only 1:30 (yesterday - see original post Up on the Downs) but the sun was already low enough to come in above my glasses. It's a bit like water, it gets everywhere, you can't keep it out.

However, thanks to seriously reactive lenses, and a cap pulled down at a jaunty angle, I managed to keep going. It helped that for the home stretch I was pointing north.

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Up on the Downs

Yesterday - a glorious sunny day, the first one of the year, too good to miss. Just me and the sheep. How very different from today :-( .

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Chattri Memorial

Downs near Patcham
Sun 21 Oct

A memorial service for the Indian soldiers who were wounded fighting for the Empire in the First World War, and were brought to Brighton for treatment. Those that died were cremated at a spot up on the Downs, a couple of miles out from Patcham. A Memorial was later placed on the hillside, visible from many parts of Brighton, and affording a broad view across the Downs. See the Chattri web-site for details.

This was a very simple, informal and touching occasion, on a fine, sunny Autumn afternoon. I even got to sing along with Hare Krishna for the first time in my life.

Up on the Downs

Sun 13 May
South Downs above Lewes

One of the joys of living here is that in 10 minutes you can be out in the big wide open, walking, breathing, seeing. You don't have to go far - out and back in an hour or so is enough. You might even meet some of the locals having a quiet lunch. Pictures from a couple of weeks ago (SE k800i).