While writing this post about a recent trip to Rye and the Pett Level, I discovered that the 28 mile Royal Military Canal was constructed at a cost to the public purse of £234,310 which at the time – the early 19th century – was a huge amount of money. The more I read about [...]
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An historian writes
Posted in stuff, tagged royal military canal on November 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
An ever-changing coastline
Posted in sussex, walks, tagged cliff end, ecclesbourne glen, fairlight cove, fairlight glen, hastings, hastings country park, pett level, royal military canal, rye, spike milligan, submerged forest, warren glen, winchelsea on October 26, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A walk chock full of history across flat marshland and rolling cliffs Rye to Hastings, East Sussex This was quite a strenuous walk: over 15 miles, deceptively easy-going at first across the flatlands of Rye Harbour and the Pett Level, followed by steep climbs up over sandstone cliffs and down into deep wooded gullies. But [...]
