Edwyn Collins, St George’s Church, Brighton - Thursday 25 April 2013 on Flickr.
A marvellous night in the company of Edwyn Collins. I’ve loved him since the earliest days of Orange Juice. He’s still wonderful. He played a great set that featured tunes from his days on Postcard, right up to this year’s album.
Simply thrilled honey.
King Charles, The Haunt, Brighton - 17 April 2013 on Flickr.
King Charles live at The Haunt was a joyous experience. The gig was sold out, and the crowd were supportive and up for a good time. He played the majority of his splendid debut album ‘LoveBlood’ and a smattering of new tunes. A great show and a great night.
A set of photos on Flickr containing images taken in and around Aldrington Station. This is an ongoing project but one that I have been focussing on for the last week or so. There’s quite a body of different takes on the station now. Some taken with my phone others with my camera. I intend to carry this on until I stop noticing new ways to capture the magic of this place.
Here’s a few of the photos and some information about the history of the station… 
Aldrington railway station, sometimes known by its former names of Aldrington Halt and Dyke Junction, is a railway station in Hove, in East Sussex, England. The station is 2 miles (3 km) west of Brighton on the West Coastway Line.
Opened in 1905 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway as Dyke Junction Halt, with wooden platforms, it was renamed Aldrington in 1932 and rebuilt in concrete by the Southern Railway. It is situated just east of the former junction with the branch line to Devil’s Dyke, which opened in 1887 and closed in 1938; the layout and curvature of certain roads and buildings immediately north-west of the station indicates where the branch ran.
The station was staffed during peak hours until approximately 1990, after which the hut which served as a ticket office was demolished. As of 2009, the old concrete shelters have been replaced with reinforced plastic shelters which are now the only features on the platforms. Ramps lead down to street level.
There are ticket-issuing machines at the entrances to each platform.Pre-purchased tickets can also be collected on these machines. There is no footbridge connecting the platforms with each other. However there is a tunnel under the railway lines at the western end of the platforms which was originally built to allow the local farmer to move his cattle between fields which became separated with the arrival of the railway.
Another Summer, another Woodcraft camp.
We had a fantastic time at Hindleap Warren.
Ten-ten til we do it again.
Blatchingtons Ltd of Hove, Blatchington Road, Hove…
…carpet specialists established in 1954 and (in addition to carpets) purveyors of fine signage…
Chattri Indian War Memorial - Brighton, 8 April 2012 on Flickr.
Chattri Indian War Memorial - More here: http://bit.ly/ItFilh
Seafront silhouette #4 on Flickr.
Late afternoon winter’s sky whilst playing the wave game - 16 Feb 2012. More here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nigeyb/
Steam Punk #1 on Flickr.
Steam Punk #1 - saw this fella, with his chum, enjoying a yard of mead outside a Brighton hostelry. I was very impressed by his outfit and that of his friend. I had to take a photo. This is it.
Chicken on Flickr.
Someone observed this chicken looks pretty angry. She certainly looks a little stern. I took this photo on Sunday whilst visiting some of the Artist Open Houses round the Preston Park area of Brighton, East Sussex, England. A very lovely experience it was too.
