A close up of the rust eating into a beam on some winching gear.  I had a day out yesterday and I took my 'big' camera with me. I am increasingly using my mobile phone's camera for convenience but there is nothing like holding a proper SLR in your hands and taking time to compose the shot. It has been quite a while since I took time out just to enjoy looking . . . Living in Brighton I have the luxury of two piers - the Palace Pier and the West Pier. The Palace Pier is still in operation and is full of gift shops, candy floss and a fun fair with lots of rides. The poor old West Pier is slowly falling into the sea. The West Pier is a photographers paradise with all the wonderful shapes of the exposed metal work. . . So it was with great interest that I explored the seafront at Eastbourne and the pier.     Two of the beautiful copper locks on the folding bandstand doors.     The amazing steel work that supports the pier. (I took loads of...

  This is me with my wonderful sister - I am on the right! I have lost some weight - really - It was SO windy we could hardly stand up, we were hanging on to each other for dear life I got to Dungeness yesterday morning with my sister and parents. I managed to park them in the local cafe while I dashed about taking some very fast photos. It is an amazing place, very bleak but - fascinating! I want to go back and spend several days there. I am going to investigate renting somewhere near by for a weekend or more realistically - during the week. Remember you work most weekends Kim! I was attracted by this little hut on the beach - anyone who knows me knows I love rust - sad but true - I have thousands of images of rust in so very many forms.  I wonder what a certain structural engineer will think about my little hut? come on Kim - concentrate, you are back to work now! This is a short post as I must stop dreaming around and get ready for The Festival of Quilts an...