Farm and domestic animals

This path marks the boundary of the South Downs National Park, at the north-east corner of the town of Seaford.

For those who haven't heard of 'Gnasher', he is the dog of the UK children's comic character, Dennis the Menace.

Tricks of exposure - a long distance shot along the road to the the beach, near the ruins of the tidemills, between Seaford and Newhaven. This is another example of shoot first, work out whether you can make something of it later. There is a constant stream of dog walkers along the coast path, so this sort of scene is an everyday one. The lighthouse is quite a distance across the river mouth, but the telephoto lens brings things closer together.

Yes that is the way our neighbours spell their cat's name K@ ! Misty is unfortunately no longer around, succumbing to a road accident, while still quite young.

This, neighbours', tabby watched, as I took photos of a friend's delightful cottage garden.

Mocha coloured cows - do they produce coffee flavoured milk?

Friston Forest, seen beyond the water meadows of the Cuckmere Valley, is a fairly recent arrival in the local landscape. During the second world war, much of the farmland in this area was taken over as training grounds for army units, both British and Canadian. The land on the far side of the valley served as a training ground for tank crews. After the war it was decided that the underlying chalk geology was a valuable water resource. To keep the aquifers as pure as possible, it was decided to turn the area into a forest. This avoided having potentially polluting developments on it and the run off from animal husbandry or crop growing.