A few of my own rough sketches of Sussex-by-the-Sea with its glorious downs and sea coast, loved by Rudyard Kipling. His Sussex writing reveals a picture of a ‘much storied’ England of the past.
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This is the story of our local Angmering Park estate, here on the South Downs, coming back to life – still very much farmland, but with a rapid increase in wildlife and biodiversity. And the wild grey partridges that in 2002 had dwindled to 5 pairs are beginning to return again along with much of the farm’s traditional wildlife.
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On one hot August day W. H. Hudson stood here on the top of Kingston Hill in a special moment of elation feeling the peace of these timeless South Down hills.
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Out to wander we linger in this place to absorb the atmosphere of these lonely downs, beautiful in their open spaces in the evening light. Grand views open up across the wooded Weald towards the distant North Downs, while the sea to the South sparkles silver in the sunlight.
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A Listening Heart 