I remember seeing (whilst he was still alive) a TV programme about his work at the cottage and how he created the garden. When the crowdfunding opportunity came up, I jumped at it. Now I only need to find time to go and see it. > On 07 November 2020 at 16:04 Bob Pdml <pdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I think Derek Jarman made people here aware of the strange beauty of > Dungeness so it’s good to know that his cottage was saved for the nation (by > me, among many others) earlier this year. > > https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jul/21/derek-jarman-prospect-cottage-dungeness-kent-garden-museum-london > > That whole area has the remote bleak beauty of flat coastal landscapes. Very > appealing. > > I found this article yesterday about the railway tracks: > > http://www.urban75.org/photos/kent/dungeness-railway-01.html > > > > > On 7 Nov 2020, at 15:42, Ralf R Radermacher <fotor...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > > Am 07.11.20 um 02:39 schrieb ann sanfedele: > > > >> would like the back story on Ralf's - what caused the rails to become > >> "wrinkled"? frost and heave? floods? quake? > > > > Quite frankly no idea. This isn't a real railway. The rails were used by > > the local fishermen to move their boats across the beach. Everything is > > a lot smaller than it looks and I gather they have the same gauge as the > > neighbouring Romney Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, i.e. 15 inch. > > > > They look as if they haven't been used for a long time and, much like > > the huts in the background, have been left there to contribute to the > > picturesque impression of the whole place. > > > > Dungeness is indeed a very peculiar place, with it's half-desert-like > > nature, simple fisher huts and this enormous eyesore of a nuclear power > > station. > > > > Here's a photo I've taken on another visit there: > > > > https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/in-englands-green-and-pleasant-land-fotoralfbe/23396586 > > > > The big concrete monster in the background is the reactor building. The > > only other solid buildings are those victorian houses on the right for > > the lighthouse wardens. > > > > Wikipedia has this about Dungeness: > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeness > > > > ...and the Internet has lots of other articles about the unique nature > > and geology of the place. > > > > It has indeed some strange kind of attraction and we've often returned > > there on our many daytrips over from Dunkirk. > > > > Ralf > > > > -- > > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany > > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > > Web : http://www.fotoralf.de
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