Was in the neighbourhood and visited Herstmonceux Castle and the Observatory Science Centre (the site of the former Royal Observatory at Herstmonceux).
he weather we had experienced at the top of Pen-y-Fan now seemed to have reached us in the valley. This morning was not a time to be outside. We headed off to Big Pit.
Big Pit is a real coal mine, and above ground felt strangely eerie – like an enormous ghost of the industrial [...]
isited the Cartoon Museum to see the “Heath Robinson’s Helpful Solutions” exhibition (5 July – 7 October 2007). I would highly recommend a visit, as it is the largest exhibition of William Heath Robinson’s (1872-1944) humorous drawings for 15 years. My favourite was Deceiving The Invader As To The State Of The Tide.
