Panoramas

West Bay is both off-limits to the public, by order of the Newhaven Port Authority, because they say that the breakwater is unsafe and a legally recognized 'village green' to which local residents should have access. This panorama is a crop from a standard format image.

Taken because there was a poster which related to an area 40 miles east and which was wasting that local authority's money. It was soon removed. I like the everyday nature of the scene. The panorama was cropped from a standard 35mm format shot.

This panorama is a slice of a long distance 35mm format image. The original photo is almost twice as wide as this. The distance from the camera to the lighthouse is approximately 3 miles. The Newhaven lifeboat can be seen on the left, returning to its station within the harbour. It will have been on one of its regular Sunday morning training sessions, for its volunteer crew.

Taken on my compact on its panorama setting, this was taken from the furthest the public can go on the redeveloped Western Arm of Dover Harbour. The promenade is elegantly laid out with benches and lamp standards and waste bins at intervals. There were no businesses open on the public areas except an excellent ice cream kiosk and a volunteer-staffed 'Welcome to Dover' booth, both near the land end. Neither was doing much business. The marina was empty except for a small UK Border force vessel, a RNLI lifeboat and a local tour boat.