Linda D'Artell

Coldean residents, there’s lots happening in New Larchwood this September!

Running out of ideas how to keep the children amused over the summer holidays? Look no further. An old local 19th century windmill in Hove, lovingly restored by wellwishers, is open to the public throughout summer on Sundays between 2.30pm-5pm. The smock mill at West Blatchington, named for its octagonal shape resembling an old miller’s linen smock, is situated just off Hangleton Road off the A27 bypass. It’s a treasure trove of original milling and agricultural items and displays photographs from the local area before the housing estates were developed and Dutch elm disease caused most of the trees to disappear.

LOCAL TATTOO ARTIST ROCKING SOME GREAT STYLES IN KEMP TOWN The words elegant and stylish aren’t usually found together when describing a tattoo parlour but the first thing you notice when you enter Inka studio is how beautiful your surroundings are. No darkened corner of a small Indie shop here, where you push past Goth-style clothes, pentagrams and various plastic skulls and medallions, deafened by some discordant obligatory heavy metal ‘music’ and suffocated by cloying incense to get to a small room where the tattoo artist plies his trade. Although Barbara Allen, the artist I have come to see, has worked in a place like that.

Parking is always a problem in Brighton: cost of parking, availability of places,where to park. However, one Smart driver has got it sussed. A nifty little pink Smart car is often seen squeezing into spaces that no other car could manage. Spotted in John Street in Hanover this clever owner utilises space to the max. So much so that a little later a little red Smart car had clearly been inspired to park in much the same way.

Art work by members of Coldean Art Group is being exhibited at Coldean Library from this week until 18th July. You will see a variety of work in oils and watercolours of landscapes, animals, and portraits.

No idea what to do with the children at weekends? Have you thought of taking them on a local mushroom and toadstool hunt? That is what the members of the ABFG (Association of British Fungus Groups) would like to encourage more people to get involved in.

Urgent action is needed to save the long established footpath through the gardens of Stanmer House before the right is lost forever.

“Mighty oaks from little acorns grow” so the saying goes, and you might have wandered past a simple geranium stall at the local Moulsecoomb Family Fun Day on Saturday, but if you did, you missed the start of something big. For Mr Walter Sargison has big plans: he would like not only to start a pot plant group in Brighton but also go onto bigger things. “ I want to try to give people experience in how to grow geraniums,” said Mr Sargison. “And when the club gets big enough it would be nice to go on outings to flower shows, then eventually have a big flower show here in Brighton - something to match the Chelsea Flower Show.”

The hardy Herdwick Cumbrian sheep are a popular sight on the hillsides of Moulsecoomb Wild Park, giving a lovely country ambience to what is essentially a city park. However, the sheep are not just there to make the park more attractive but they have a very important part to play in maintaining the balance of the ecosystem. Since their introduction in 2008 to improve the chalk grassland area there are signs of rare plants beginning to grow again and the rare Adonis butterfly has made a re-appearance. David Larkin, Brighton and Hove county park ranger, explained how the sheep are making a difference to conservation in Moulsecoomb and other parks around Brighton.