We drove down to Winchelsea to see the sea, through the lush villages of the Weald – all barge boards and village greens – to the bleak view of Winchelsea beach, looking out across pebbles and sand, past Rye and Camber Sands, to a distant view of Dungeness:-
| Charles | Saumarez | Smith | 
Is there a gloomier place name in the UK than “Dungeness”?
Appropriately named, I think. Charles
I’ve just spent a week there. It has a character all of its own. John Piper and Derek Jarman both recognised its special charm and you would love the churches of Romney Marsh Charles.
Yes, I wish we had had more time. Charles