Phil Sutters' photos

Narrow boats head up the Thames - 23.9.2013

23 Sep 2013 209
A convoy of three narrow boats making their way up the Thames passing Wapping and in the top photo approaching Tower Bridge. The names of two can be made out - Ottawa (middle) and Twelfth Night (bottom left)

Jan V - Newhaven - 21.9.2013

Renown Coaches Dennis Dart T47 KLD Eastbourne 1 5…

01 May 2013 3 181
I have seen somewhere that this was acquired in this colour scheme and the advertising material was added as the opportunity to earn some revenue occurred at about the same time.

Compass Dennis Enviro200 Dart GX62 CSF Bishopstone…

Saturday - 21.9.2013 - an unexpected arrival at Ne…

21 Sep 2013 2 218
This looks like an extra service. The passengers that got off wouldn't have justified an 8-coach special on their own. They went across the road and packed out an east-bound Brighton & Hove 12 bus. Brighton & Hove Albion FC weren't playing today, so it doesn't seem like a football special. I expect someone will be able to enlighten me - one of my friends accesses working timetables so he may solve the mystery. 22/9/2013 There was a fatality at Polegate yesterday, so this could have been an Eastbourne-bound train depositing passengers at the nearest point to a bus route to Eastbourne, having been diverted at Lewes. For those unfamiliar with Newhaven's three stations - Town is on the main road, A259, and is in fact the station for the current ferry service to Dieppe. Harbour is a little used station serving relatively few houses and some businesses in a much diminished industrial area. Marine is the former ferry terminal on its own branch off the Seaford line. It hasn't formally been closed and there is theoretically a service, provided by taxis. The station is unsafe for public use, but the tracks remain and as in this case can be used as a headshunt or storage for services terminating at Newhaven Town or Harbour.

In the mist at Seaford Head - 3.9.2013

03 Sep 2013 7 4 280
This made me think of Victorian etchings, that were often hand-coloured after printing. I Photoshopped this one, to give a bit of definition to the masses of chalk. I put a layer with poster edging under the main picture and reduced the opacity of the main until it looked OK, to me at least.

Harrowing on Seaford Head - 3.9.2013

03 Sep 2013 9 2 285
To see what the farmer faced when going in the other direction - www.ipernity.com/doc/philsutters/36086979

Blow lamps and china - Seaford - 18.7.2013

18 Jul 2013 1 2 186
Displayed outside one of Seaford's antique shops.

Silver-studded Blue - Seaford Head - 3.9.2013

03 Sep 2013 1 152
I have a problem distinguishing between Silver-studded Blues and Chalkhill Blues, especially if they keep their wings closed like this. So this could be a Chalkhill Blue.

Bush cricket & Honey bee - St Clements

Bombus Terrestrius - East Blatchington - 16.8.2010

Carriage body Winchelsea Beach 28 7 2005

28 Jul 2005 3 1 634
It appears that these old railway carriages may have been part of a scheme to rehouse service personnel returning from World War 1. There is a group on Flickr with further examples of this type of development known as 'plotlands'

Birdcage Brake 3rd body Winchelsea Beach 21 7 2006

21 Jul 2006 3 314
It appears that these old railway carriages may have been part of a scheme to rehouse service personnel returning from World War 1. There is a group on Flickr with further examples of this type of development known as 'plotlands'

Southern Railway 377s cross

South Downs beyond Bishopstone - 16.9.2013

Hay made and unmade - Bishopstone - 16.9.2013

Early Autumn - Bishopstone - 16.9.2013

Bishopstone Pond - another impression - 16.9.2013

16 Sep 2013 2 174
Only a small portion of the water's surface can be seen. The rest is covered in this lush vegetation. Called ' - another impression' as a successor to a previous collection of Photoshopped images of the plant life in a local pond including www.ipernity.com/doc/364457/26316169

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