All posts by Luke Geoghegan

Vote South Downs in the Sussex Food and Drink Awards

August 18th, 2016

Look out at the South Downs and you’ll see fields in most directions. Our landscapes have been shaped over thousands of years by the people who’ve lived and farmed here and 85 per cent of the National Park is still farmland today – whether that’s cattle grazing, orchards blooming, vineyards or fields of golden wheat. […]

6 Reasons to Geocache this weekend

August 18th, 2016

This weekend celebrates Geocaching: the real life treasure hunt that combines the outdoors, exercise and technology. Find out how to Geocache now. Take part in the South Downs GeoTour and find geocaches hidden in this special landscape. Collect all 30 to earn your souvenir Geocoin. Download your GeoTour passport now to get started. Follow the […]

Capability Brown in the South Downs

August 16th, 2016

Portrait of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, c.1770-75, by Richard Cosway (17421821)/Private Collection/Bridgeman Images Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, baptised on 30 August 1716, was a landscape designer whose style has shaped what we think of today as quintessential English countryside.  At the end of the 1600s most landscaping was rigidly formal reflecting man’s power over nature. ‘Capability’ Brown’s […]

Where to see Perseid meteors in the South Downs

August 11th, 2016

The annual Perseid shower will reach its peak tonight and tomorrow (11 and 12 August) in the South Downs dark night skies. Astronomers estimate that around three or four meteors a minute are expected – twice as many as usual – starting from 10pm tonight and then continuing over the weekend. Visibility is likely to […]