As from today, there is a full daily bus service from the Dyke to central Brighton. Buses run (roughly) every 45 minutes and National Trust members can park up there for free. Here’s the timetable [PDF]. The service reverts to weekends only in September.
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Cider Festival 21st & 22nd June
Stanmer Park
Sunday 22nd June 2014, 11:00am–5:00pm: produce market, birds of prey, sheep shearing, heavy horses, bar and food court. Parking £5. More information here.
Keep smiling through
LAMBS supporters assemble for local press photographs at ‘Nightingales’ in Bob Lane, Twineham on Friday 13th June. Behind them lies the site of the planned new town.
A musical
Sussex Wildlife Trust Photo Competition
[A rumour that the 2015 competition is to be titled ‘Simply the Worst’ could not be confirmed at publication time. You may want to refrain from deleting anything from your digital camera until we hear.]
Shoreham Airport??
A Fulking bluebell wood
Poynings Garden Fete
Please join us at the traditional village fete in the Rectory garden between 2:00pm — 5:00pm on Saturday 14th June, in aid of the fund that supports the general upkeep of our beautiful Norman Church. There will be games and stalls for all ages, Sally’s cream teas and cakes as well as maypole dancing, a puppet show and a raffle.
The biosphere has landed
Yesterday saw the designation of the first new biosphere site in the UK for almost forty years and the first ever in South-East England. The Brighton & Lewes Downs Biosphere was awarded this designation by UNESCO at a meeting in Sweden on 11th June. It joins more than six hundred biospheres in over one hundred countries. All the available new information is here and our earlier posts on the topic are here.