under another sun

Lorraine opened the door to see a Spiderman car with a man at the wheel dressed head to toe in a Spiderman costume. Lorraine called out for me to come and look. Very odd when he looked over at us, with his big Spiderman eyes. He told Lorraine that he was your friendly local Spiderman, and after a while drove off in his noisily powerful car.  We drove off less spectacularly to collect Pat and Maureen and went to the Tiger Inn at nearby East Dean. There we met Ken and Claire, over from Ireland, with their three Great Danes. A nice afternoon in the sun, chatting and having lunch, and soft drinks and puddings and so on. The dogs spent most of the time in the huge air conditioned van, but when out caused quite a stir. It was a complex modern ballet piece, for two people and three Great Danes, with their leads being skilfully being handed between Ken and Claire as the dogs tangled around them.  I let them smell my hand, and they seemed very benign. Not the greatest dog fan of course...

Recording with Robin this morning, which went fairly well I think.  Then in the afternoon Lorraine suggested we spontaneously go to  the Towner Eastbourne. There was a big exhibition upstairs of work by Emma Stibbon, called Melting Ice | Rising Tides , and was mainly about white things... Icebergs and the domestic white cliffs. Some big and impressive pieces, with a limited palette with a slightly campaigning edge. Also a big installation by Maria Amidu which I didn't like but made me think. We also enjoyed art by Eric Ravillious which is there too. Then a saunter down to the sea front. It was trying to rain all the time, which was annoying as the forecast had said there was no rain due. Eventually we hopped back on a 12 and went back to East Dene where we got off and walked past beautiful flint walled buildings to eat in The Tiger Inn. An okay bite to eat, but good Long Man brewery beer and a nice atmosphere. Then onto the 12 again and back to Seaford in no time.  Below ...