Warm the cockles of your heart (written in December 2017)

"Stepping on to Hastings Pier provides a sublime immersion in that liminal world between land, sea and sky. Under a canopy of sulking cloud, the eau de nil, blue, and grey palettes of the English Channel can feel like being enveloped within a sea view painting. The sense of vast stretching space evokes a sense of reverence, awe and respect, not only of the sea, but lifts imagination to the world beyond our own shores."
Well worth reading the whole article - from:

The view from Hastings Pier: On the difficulty of regenerating Britain’s seaside towns

By Joel Mills