If you have ever wondered what it would be like to race south down Saddlescombe Road with your nose just twelve inches from the tarmac, well, here’s your chance to find out. It is somewhat gripping in a Warhol/Empire kind of way, only shorter.
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New South Downs Book Series
UPDATE, 21st July: all three volumes are now available — my copies arrived a couple of days ago, GJMG.
There’s a new book series on the South Downs with volumes on the archaeology (John Manley), geology (David Robinson) and natural history (Robin Crane and Rendel Williams). The geology volume appears to be available now but note that there’s a slightly discounted price if you order all three volumes at the same time.
Autumn Nature Tots
News from Fernhurst
Update: Nick Herbert in Hansard.
Mapping the woods
Ann Bone, the authority’s cultural heritage expert, said laser technology on a plane would be used to produce a map of the landscape under the trees. Archaeological work on the ground would then follow .. Maps will be created of the most densely-wooded area from the River Arun to the A3 road. .. Data gathered by directing a laser at the ground and measuring the reflected light would provide a three-dimensional map showing all the “humps and bumps” under the forest.
The £935,756 project has received nearly £662,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund and up to £130,000 from the park authority.
Update: the SDNPA press release.
Beeding in Bloom
Open gardens, July 21st 1:00-6:00, adult £3.50, kids free, park at The Towers.
Barn Dance
RSPB South Downs Futurescape
Some of you will have seen Rachel Whitfield, the RSBP Community Engagement Officer, presenting at the recent Fulking Parish Council meeting.
Rachel has sent us a flyer and her presentation notes to put here on the website.
Rachel’s contact details are:-
Rachel Whitfield
Community Engagement Officer
South Downs Futurescape
Futurescapes is generously supported by the EU LIFE+ Communications Programme
The RSPB, South East Regional Office
1st Floor, Pavilion View, 19 New Road, Brighton, BN1 1UF
Tutorial events for kids at Stanmer Park
If you missed booking a Sussex Wildlife Trust event for your children at Woods Mill, or if the dates weren’t right, then you might want to consider the rather similar range of events at Stanmer Park. For crows, Stanmer Park is much further away from Fulking than Woods Mill, but the travel time in a car is only five to ten minutes longer.
- Tuesday 6 August: Woods Mill – Watery World
- Wednesday 7 August: Stanmer Park – Super Shelters
- Tuesday 13 August: Woods Mill Summer – Groovy Gardens
- Wednesday 14 August: Stanmer Park Summer – Tracks & Signs
- Tuesday 20 August: Woods Mill Summer – Terrific Trees
- Wednesday 21 August: Stanmer Park Summer – Terrific Trees
Party at Saddlescombe
The Argus reports:
Up to 400 revellers partied at an all-night rave at the weekend. The secret party started just before midnight on Saturday and was still going on Sunday afternoon. Entry was forced to fields adjacent to Saddlescombe Farm, near Devil’s Dyke. The National Trust asked party goers to respect nocturnal animals in managed areas. .. An organiser behind Fraktal, one of four soundsystems onsite, said: “The landowner was briefly on site on Sunday and said he had no issues with the event as long as all rubbish is cleaned up afterwards.”