For a change, East Sussex will get a unique ‘megalith’


For a change, East Sussex will get a unique ‘megalith’

The one and only thing I got completely wrong are my collection of film: Scorsese’s interminable Killers of your own Rose Moonlight. I can do with at the very least yet another few beers to acquire as a result of it.Gavin McOwan

I live in a state one boasts the latest great Wilmington Monster and you may 20-weird Neolithic hill forts. Yet not, in lieu of Wiltshire, after that western, it had been until recently bereft away from brick monuments. This current year I happened to be pleased to learn that because of the tunes duo Jem Better and Jimmy Cauty (the second best-known if you are 1 / 2 of your KLF), Eastern Sussex is now offering this new mighty Gurdy Brick – two and a half tonnes of Welsh slate you to definitely lies upwards regarding the Southern Downs ignoring the brand new town away from Kingston.

Its coming on Lovebrook Farm inside April – via lorry up coming a great digger – try heralded by a ceremonial procession (Wicker People style), speeches, musical and a lot of yellow cigarette bombs in order to make the proper surroundings. Right here it is likely to are for the next fifty,000 age – much time, due to the fact decreed by the custodians, to help you herald this new return of one’s Green Comet, last noticeable into the stone ages. Inside the a time of great resurgence interesting in the paganism, this new Gurdy Stone is actually a fitting brand new monument to own honouring our very own earlier in the day and you will all of our future.The fresh brick is on Lovebrook Farm and certainly will getting decided to go to to the Saturdays, dawn-1pmDavid Bramwell

A reduced push around a quiet Highland peninsula

Each year I-go on the a driving travel which have Bob, among my eldest members of the family. He likes to drive; I’m not enthusiastic. I’ve honed such travel typically, supposed reduced, closing have a tendency to, to stop Cuba motorways.

In 2010 we reserved good cabin from inside the outlying Inverness-shire and played they from the ear. We travelled through Loch Lomond therefore the Glen Coe charm locations but avoided the brand new hectic NC500. So it opened up new components towards the map.

A short while ago, if you’re “researching” (idly websurfing) Scottish environment, I read one Portmahomack are the brand new driest place in the country. I might and additionally learn about the newest north-east coast into the an enthusiastic Inspector Rebus book, hence provided me with a notion. It is usually a fascinating experiment to see if you envisioned a put accurately.

We entered the latest Kessock and you will Cromarty bridges and you will turned into east so you’re able to Easter Ross, a great peninsula out of low-sleeping farmland one appeared rich and you can golden under the late june sunlight. Portmahomack is quite and you can blissfully silent. The street grabbed us through the so-titled Seaboard villages, huddling off but facing outwards. We rode the new ferry back.

Our very own cabin is actually close to Loch Ness yet not also personal: the latest balcony checked from to help you Loch Ruthven, where We noticed Slavonian grebe chicks after the the mums inside the reedbeds. These types of wild birds is actually while the unusual since they are beautiful. Sunlight shone warmly for 5 days and that i dropped to have Scotland again. Chris Moss

Chugging round the Spain’s Bay out of Cadiz is actually a revelation

To my amaze I found myself inside the a naval opinion having the brand new king out of The country of spain a year ago, an experience one to reminded me personally how much most readily useful it had been in order to be in fact for the h2o than simply admiring they from a seafood cafe.

The event provided us to initiate urge ships. Maybe not hotel-layout banana vessels otherwise sundown sail catamarans however the sailing dinghies and you will first things having outboard cars your hire on vacation inside Greece and you can Turkey but don’t inside Cadiz. Why not? Due to the fact rarely anyone understands you can. The latest breakthrough which i might take a small vessel out (rather than a license otherwise captain) from the right back (east-facing) side of Cadiz or perhaps the ports at Sancti Petri and you may Este Puerto de- Santa Maria, established the best way to a few sandwich-discoveries.