And finally...

Number 428, the last of this week's beach huts.

So good they named it twice

Beach hut 437.

Fancy a purple one?

Three of a kind

It's unusual to find neighbouring beach huts painted in the same colour - these are huts 414, 415 and 416.

Pink

Beach hut 423.

A busy morning

at Hove Lagoon.

Head in the clouds

Queen Victoria gazes out to sea from her plinth at the end of Grand Avenue.

Visit Skywatch Friday.

Coast road

Kingsway looking towards Brighton.

It's a good year for garden spiders

I noticed dozens of small, large and medium-sized garden spiders on my way to Tesco this morning. This was the biggest one with a body about 15mm long and pretty markings.

Stripes

Ice plants

Ice plants, Sedum spectabile, are bringing welcome splashes of autumn colour to many of the gardens near where I live; these are in Aymer Road.

Side view

1 King's Gardens.

Buildings from a more elegant era

Shops on Church Road.

Setting sun with clouds

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Needlefelting

Alix demonstrating needlefelting on day three of KnitFest.

Knitting and spinning

Jean (knitting) and Lynne (spinning) outside Cocoon, George Street, on the second day of KnitFest.

Ready for action

Brighton Town Hall

Town Hall, Bartholomew Square, Brighton.

Sunshine and shadows

Roll of Honour

Roll of Honour, Hove Library.

Skywatch Friday

Visit Skywatch Friday.

Hove War Memorial 2

Unlike some other war memorials, this memorial does not display the names of the fallen. The Roll of Honour commemorating the names of the 631 men who died during World War I is in the foyer of Hove Library.

Hove War Memorial 1

Hove's War Memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, stands at the centre of Grand Avenue.

Pavilion details 2

I can't decide which detail appeals to me the most - possibly the diamond-shaped windows.

Pavilion details 1

There are patterns everywhere on the Pavilion including arches, arabesques, onion domes, towers, turrets and crenellations.

Back to the Pavilion

Good to see the Pavilion without scaffolding.

September sunset

With added music

Afternoon in the Pavilion Gardens

Rosehips

Enormous rosehips (about the size of radishes) in the gardens at Ashley Court, Grand Avenue.