Sun mat, anyone?

Looking the other way

Taken from the same place as yesterday's HDP, but this time looking down Vallance Road away from the sea.

Getting there

Nearly six months since the first photograph, the new block of flats on Kingsway is almost finished. I can't show you it from my balcony this time (the view is ruined by scaffolding and netting over the front of my block for the next couple of months); this shot is taken looking seawards from the junction of Vallance Road and Vallance Gardens.

Rock rose

Cistus (common name rock rose or sun rose) in full bloom, Pavilion Gardens.

Sweet music in the Pavilion Gardens

More fancies

Across the Pavilion Gardens to the left of the Pavilion is the entrance to Brighton Museum and Art Gallery.

Pavilion Gardens

Bordered by beds filled with plants and shrubs, the lawns in front of the Royal Pavilion are a popular place to sit and relax on fine days. Plant species and varieties are in keeping with the age of the building and are as close as possible to the original list of plants supplied to George IV. The huge shiny disc is one of Anish Kapoor's Sky Mirrors which is on show in the Pavilion Gardens during this year's Brighton Festival.

And here's a bit more of the Pavilion...

Delightfully frivolous

Domes and turrets, Royal Pavilion, Brighton.

Hove Lodge Mansions

Hove Lodge Mansions, one of the oldest buildings in Hove Street.