Rye, Sussex

Posted on 27/02/2023 by Martin

We spent a week in East Sussex, which brought back some distant memories of holidays long ago.

Rye Harbour.
Pebble Memorial.
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. The view from the reserve visitor centre. The “birds” are etched onto the window of the centre.
Red-roofed hut on shingle beach. Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
WWII pillbox, between Rye and Wichelsea.
Mary Stanford Lifeboat Station, near Winchelsea.
Gibbet Mill, Rye.

Saint Thomas the Martyr Church, Winchelsea. The last resting place of Spike Milligan. The inscription, in Gaelic, reads “I told you I was ill”.

The Pipewell Gate at Winchelsea, and access to one of many medieval cellars and tunnels under the town.

Sally’s new favourite shop, Merchant & Mills Ltd, in Rye.

The Ypres Castle pub next to the actual Ypres Castle, in Rye.

The view across our home for the week, looking from Rye towards Rye Harbour.

Views of Hastings.

Battle, north of Hastings.
Near Dungeness.
Acoustic mirrors on Romney marshes, built between the wars as part of Britain’s defences against missiles launched from the French coast or in the English Channel. Soon superseded, of course, by RADAR.

Camber Castle.

Views around Rye, ending with some fabulous local scallops, prawns and crab claws.

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