Cracker of a mornin' ....
25th
February 2019 (Monday)
.... 09.30 we have another cracker o’
a mornin’ in
Sussex; in fact I’d say it’s the
bonniest so far this year ..... it has the feel
of being a warm/hot day already;
and that is after a light touch of 'nearly frost'.
 |
| Buxted Park - the Hungarian Oak in the middle distance. |
The
‘plan’ is for ‘JB’ (who is on ‘oliday) and me to take the car to the car park
at St Margaret’s Church and have a walk round Buxted Park. I can’t come to Sussex without visiting the
Hungarian Oak.... and the other trees on the park. The paths will be dry so walking will be
safe. With clay soil, even a single
shower o’ rain can have the paths turn treacherous in ‘nae time’.
I
have just realised that when ‘JB’ starts his first shift at the (East Sussex
National) after his ‘oliday, ... at 15.00 on the 6th March, I will be
approaching Kirkcaldy on the Aberdeen train.
I am looking forward to seeing all my girl friends again... and the boys
... and catching up with all the ‘news’ at home in the Harbour House. Oh and taking a few hundred sunrise/sunset
photographs from the beach.
21.30 Tonight I feel like I’ve got a slight touch
of sunburn; most likely because John
(JB) and I spent nearly 3 hours at Pevensey beach. It was a perfect day for relaxing by the
sea; there was a very light south
easterly breeze, but, in spite of that, the air still felt warm. The beach was busy with folk (and dogs) enjoying
this amazing spell
of weather.
 |
| Dome 'F' - Herstmonceux. |
On
the way to Pevensey we dropped in to the Science Centre at Herstmonceux to take
a few photographs of the domes. Dome ‘F’
n(the one if the photograph) houses the
38” Congo Schmidt telescope. The ‘Congo’
part of the name comes from it having been built in 1960 for an observatory in
the Congo, but civil war broke out there and it was never installed. It is not really suitable as a Schmidt
telescope (Schmidt telescopes are used to take ‘wide angle’ views of stars,
with few aberrations) in the UK, though it can
be used as a regular telescope.
Both
‘JB’ and I were absolutely shattered when we got back home to ‘No 1’; I lay on
top of my bed and was sound asleep
for nigh on two hours. John was also ‘out for the count’ for about the same
length of time. We think it must have
been the change of air; Uckfield is well
away from the coast... and the sea air.
All good practice for me returning to the COTU.
 |
| Pevensey beach. |
