in dungeness for a daytrip. before we went to the sound mirrors we met up at the brit. some of the huts are made from old railway carriages. i like it here. it is way bleak. dungeness means danger nose in french. i want to live in a hut and write, and have a stove heater, and at the end of the day go the 100 yards to the pub for a well deserved guinness and a fish and chips, and have to battle the wind to get there.

Sound Mirrors

author: elaine : Dungeness, UK

the sound mirrors were made in the 30s for the detection of aircraft in the event of war. they worked, but two things happened. one, aircraft suddenly got faster, so they would detect one and could point to it at the same time... and the next thing was radar was invented. so the whole expensive experiment was a great british waste of time. until recently you could get right close up to them, but now you can't. as you can imagine this pisses me off no end.

Shadow Box

author: elaine : London, UK

somewhere to keep shadows?

How to Become a Tramp

author: Andrew Smith : Manchester, UK

1) Follow the sign, and stagger into the ditch. 2) Climb out of the ditch, covered in mud. 3) Notice the sign over the road, that is already warning people about you.

Barbican Love

author: elaine : London, UK

if anyone wants to buy me a flat this is where i would like it to be. these two views from my friend's balcony. Of course, i realise, to the americans/canadians/anywhere vaguely modernians among you, you will wonder what the hell i am going on about, being as this probably looks pretty boring and normal to you. the barbican is SPECIAL! has it's own concert halls, exhibition halls, cinema, library, and FALCONER!!! and was built in a massive bombsite after the war. it was so freakishly modern it even had a plughole waste disposal system which not only ground up...

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