Sussex Scrapbook
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Wildlife walks throughout the year
29th December 2005
We went for a snowy winters walk from Eastbourne to Cuckmere Haven to help our Christmas
feast go down properly. This took us up and over Beachy Head (not over the cliff,
stupid) and then along the Seven Sisters. The views were spectacular as usual
but this time with the added benefit of a coating of snow.
For this minor expedition in the frozen tundra, we were accompanied by sherpa
Dicky.
The pub at Beachy Head. Would you like ice
with that sir?
Beachy Head lighthouse
Dicky snapped me, and
apparently his lens still works!
The Seven Sisters.
Strangely devoid of
snow!
Dicky gets to grips with his new camera.
Dicky doing a poor impersonation of a tripod.
Good news for December 2005
On the 20th of this month, my good friend from university, Sergio Coffa got
married to his American girlfriend Bonnie Garcia in Nashville Tennessee. We wish
them all the luck and happiness in the world and we eagerly await some pictures
to put on the site.
Congratulations to the both of you.
December 2005
Three pieces of bad news this month.
12 year old Andrew Frost, Mandy's little boy
was sadly killed crossing the road by the new sports centre. Andy was a lovely
child and everyone had a soft spot for him. His death has come as a terrible
shock to everyone.
Richard Aitken took his own life for reasons that will never
properly be discovered. His funeral was held at the crematorium on Monday
19th December. A few of us followed the hearse there on our bikes. There
was not enough room in the chapel for all of his friends and family, which
shows what a popular man he was.
Ellio Longo (Luigi) has died from a drugs overdose. He was always
a very happy, friendly person and there is nothing to suggest that it was
anything other than an accidental overdose.
They will all be sorely missed and our sympathy and thoughts go out to their
families.