SHRA Ctte Members met at Marj’s on the South Harbour Promenade to Support the energetic Fun Runners, during Eastbourne’s annual Half Marathon yesterday.
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SHRA Committee Members, WAGS, and Neighbours Help Motivate the Fun Runners… |
Congratulations to all of the fun runners who took part and raised much needed funds for charity.
Read on to reveal the full story, including photo exclusive of a rare Antipodean sighting…
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They might have 9 lives, but spending even part of 1 life as a homeless cat isn’t much fun.
2006 was an emotional time for this particular cat lover and a few of our neighbours, as we rescued not 1 but FOUR cats, that had been left to fend for themselves by their previous owners in and around the Key West area of South Harbour.
Though what we discovered as we tried to do the right thing astounded us:
Apparently the Cats Protection League volunteers are no strangers to Sovereign Harbour, as there have been a growing number of stray cats left to rely on handouts, and at the mercy of any sympathetic residents.
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If you thought that Eastbourne’s Sovereign Harbour was just a cold, dark, wet place with not much at all going on below the surface then think again.
Did you know that it contains, amongst other things, some seahorses…
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Meeting a group of new people is always a slightly nervous occasion and Wed 21st Feb was no exception for me.
It is said that “you only get out of something what you are prepared to put in”, so I put on some warm clothes and gritted my teeth, as I braved the cold train journey from Eastbourne to the big city lights of London, and specifically the Holland Club within the campus of Imperial College, near to the South Kensington tube station on the District and Circle line.
It’s here, on the first Wednesday of every month, that some of the World’s best underwater photographers meet to share ideas, anecdotes, and socialise in a well-suited subterranean meeting room…
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New safety barriers are due to be fitted to the bridge that joins the main harbour to the North Harbour.
It will therefore be closed to pedestrians and motor vehicles whilst this maintenance is carried out.
The bridge will be raised on 19th Februrary 2007 and lowered on 23rd February 2007.
Whilst this was the catchphrase from a woman’s deoderant advert from the early 1980s, it has a much greater local relevance, and relates to an ongoing maritime saga that’s happening just off our immediate coastline in Pevensey Bay.
The ‘She’ in question is the HMS Resolution (known to have foundered in Pevensey Bay during the Great Storm of 1703), or could it be a Dutch Warship (lost during the Battle of Beachy Head in 1690)…
The mystery deepens…
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Friday 9th Feb was a busy night for members of the Planet Divers scuba diving club as they were treated to not one, but two guest speakers.
Paul Stratford, club member and licensee of the recently discovered wreck in Normans Bay(believed to be the British warship Resolution built in 1665) invited Ian Barefoot from the Nautical Archaeological Society (NAS) to discuss the role that this voluntary organistion has in educating, recording and interpreting British Maritime History. Read more »
Kate Cole of Sussex Seasearch gave an informative and entertaining presentation to members of the Planet Divers scuba diving club on Friday 9th Feb at the Pevensey Bay Aqua Club.
Seasearch is a national project that encourages divers to help build an accurate picture of the marine life encountered on their dives. Read more »
The header graphic for this blog is made up of the following images…
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Dr Frances Dipper, the author of British Sea Fishes, is leading this educational seminar to help anyone improve their understanding and recognition of fish in local British waters.
The event is being held at the Hastings Aquarium on Sunday 25th March 2007, starting at 10am. It’s been organised by the Kent and Sussex branches of Seasearch.
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