We went fore a short walk on Pagham Brand today. It, like Stokes Bay, is a shingle beach, but the stones on the beach appear to be much different.
Stokes bay has what I guess we would think of as stones, whereas Pagham is mostly pebble-like. The stones here are much more rounded and even. The western end of the beach appears to be, possibly , sandstone. There has been a lot of quarrying here, with some rusting remnants of what was going on.
I think, from the looks of it, in some respects, § beach may be less interesting than Stokes Bayt in others, it is at least as fascinating.
In Bognor today, I visited, as I always do, the excellent 2nd hand bookshop at the railway station. I reminded him of the science fiction book that I have been looking for since my childhood years. The latest candidate is To The Stars, by L. Ron Hubbard. I don’t think that it is the book as it seems very different to what I remember. But what I remember is very little.
Whilst there I bought a book on photography, I don’t normally by such books, not because I think I know everything about the subject – it’s very much a case of the more I learn, it is amazing just how little I know (I think that’s a variation of Da Vinci, or Socrates – I’m not at all sure.
Photography books tend to annoy me, because the photos in the book are clearly being taken by someone who has access to all the resources they need, including being able to jet off to exotic locations, and have the opportunities for wonderful pictures ppresented to them, This particular book; Creative Photography by David Kilpatrick, appears to contain pictures that anyone can take, near home, with a very basic camera.
Even though published in 1987, the photos and techniques remain very relevant today.
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