Sunsets, sunrises & skies

These crazy clouds, taken as I walked up our road, before turning down to the beach, were what alerted me to a potentially good sunset. Thank you mad clouds!

No chance of getting down to the beach, once I had spotted this pretty sky. So this will have to do.

There is often a bank of cloud on the horizon at sunset. I don't know whether it is out in the Channel or over France, but it makes it rare to see the Sun sink into the sea.

Even sunsets are not always as pink as you would like. I hope 2015 turns out rosy for you.

A second go at the subject - this time a fake sunset - sorry 'faux sunset'!

The ferry from Dieppe (twice daily in the summer) is heading into Newhaven Harbour, while local fishing boats work away, probably servicing lobster or crayfish pots, judging by the marker buoys with their flags, There could be others working out there - on the horizon, to the left/east of the photo seems to be a drilling or exploration rig. This area will be at the eastern end of the recently approved Rampion Wind Farm, albeit 20+ miles off the coast. Newhaven Harbour is set to become its on-shore base, which should bring some income to the town, which sorely needs it. Another maritime development in the town is the establishment of a University Technical College with a Marine Engineering Department under the auspices of Brighton University.

There are lots of Lycra clad types zooming along beside the sea here, but I prefer to photograph the cyclist who uses his bike to get to and from work or for visits to the chip shop.

At maximum enlargement, of one of three shots of this ship, the name looks like 'Blue ...??' When I got home and saw the photo on screen, I tried to find a ship, with a name that might match, further west down the Channel, using a couple of the ship movement sites, but without success.