This week’s photograph is another from the archives and is specially for all those who know and love Dungeness — and especially for Katy! Dungeness is just such a wonderful place: open, bright, wind-swept, desolate and isolated. As one of the largest areas of natural shingle habitat in Europe it is also ecologically important.
This is Prospect Cottage, the late Derek Jarman’s cottage in the middle of Dungeness, with the minimalist garden he laid out amongst the shingle.
Prospect Cottage, Dungeness
Dungeness, August 2010
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Years ago we took my daughter and her boyfriend for a weekend on Romney Marsh. We went on the little train to Dungeness and had a magic day. A year or so later the boyfriend decided to propose marriage, and took her to Dungeness to do so, as the most propitious place he could think of. Now they live in Braintree, which is less magic.
I absolutely love Romney Marsh and Dungeness. And yes, the Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway is super. I have ancestors from New Romney (4 generations back) and others from around the edges of the Marsh. And there are some gems amongst the Romney Marsh churches: Old Romney, Fairfield, East Guldeford especially.