Category: Painting

Chillington Hoe

So much exciting news – it is hard to know where to start – so how about with my new ancient digging tool, my Chillington Hoe! It slices through the mat of bramble and nettle roots which cover my archaeological dig site with relative ease. So it is perfect for dealing with the regrowth that […]

Tags Adze, Africa, Azadas, Badzas, Brambles, Chillington, Clearance, Hoe, Jembe, Mamooty, Markham, Mattock, Millet, Nettles, Poetry, Roots

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Newmarket Farm

Just off to visit Malcolm Emery (E Sussex Reserves Manager, Natural England) at Castle Hill Nature Reserve – helping with the clearing of the Newmarket Farm site. I thought it might be useful for me to quickly post some more images of the site before heading off. This is an artist’s impression of Newmarket Farm. […]

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Castle Hill Healthwalk May 21, 2024 at 9:30 am – 10:30 am 50.840637, -0.075086 Castle Hill Healthwalk: Explore this stunning chalk grassland National Nature Reserve. (When conditions are muddy, and on the last Tuesday of the month, the walk follows an alternative route around Bullock Hill, opposite the reserve.)Meeting Place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve Car Park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. …
Castle Hill Healthwalk May 28, 2024 at 9:30 am – 10:30 am 50.840637, -0.075086 Castle Hill Healthwalk: Explore this stunning chalk grassland National Nature Reserve. (When conditions are muddy, and on the last Tuesday of the month, the walk follows an alternative route around Bullock Hill, opposite the reserve.)Meeting Place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve Car Park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. …
Medieval Balsdean Walk and the Black Death May 31, 2024 at 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Castle hill car park, Sea View Way, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 6NT, UK Peaceful & empty today, Medieval Balsdean was a village decimated by the Black Death, and the site of a battle with the French in 1377 in which 300 were killed between Lewes & Rottingdean. Walk leader David Cuthbertson tells all. Meeting place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve car park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just…
Saxon Sussex Downs Healthwalk Jun 1, 2024 at 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Castle hill car park, Sea View Way, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 6NT, UK Discover ancient burial sites of Saxon farmers and warriors with walk leader David Cuthbertson. Their names are remembered in the downland settlements they founded. Meeting place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve car park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. Grid reference TQ356063. Free parking. Buses: 2, 22 &…
Castle Hill Healthwalk Jun 4, 2024 at 9:30 am – 10:30 am 50.840637, -0.075086 Castle Hill Healthwalk: Explore this stunning chalk grassland National Nature Reserve. (When conditions are muddy, and on the last Tuesday of the month, the walk follows an alternative route around Bullock Hill, opposite the reserve.)Meeting Place: Castle Hill National Nature Reserve Car Park, Woodingdean, off Falmer Road (B2123), just north of the junction with Bexhill Road. …