John Wylson describes a trip in a vintage sailing smack (and a previous visitor to Rye) across the North Sea to a meeting of similar vessels in South West Norway
A new building is nearly finished. The landmark crane is finally removed. But is it "simply hideous" as one reader writes in a letter, or will it fit in with other Rye frontages ? Or is it part of "skyline creep" hiding and obscuring Rye's historic rooftops. Kenneth Bird has an opinion.
Operation Radcott springs into action in the summer holidays and the offices for the police and Rother District Council are kept busy, as hundreds and sometimes thousands, crowd on to Camber Sands - arriving by train, bus and car, sometimes with massive tailbacks, often with children who then get lost, and always a potential source of trouble.
The redevelopment of the former school in Tilling Green, now used as a community centre, continues to raise questions and concerns at the Town Council's Planning Committee as well as rousing strong opinions amongst those most directly affected
The Union Jack flying over the Town Hall looks a bit tatty, say visitors, as do the flowers around the base of Rye's War Memorial. But Town Councillors are on the job, and so is the Town Clerk. The only obstacle - seagulls