Becoming operational in 1855, this ball was raised up and then dropped at 1 o'clock so that the ships waiting in the channel could set their timepieces to Grenwich Mean Time The time signal was sent down telegraph wires from Grenwich alongside the South Eastern Railway line. It operated until reliable radio time signals were established in 1927. It now runs as a museum and the ball is dropped on the hour from 9am to 5pm. I've never seen it drop as Tetters hasn't got the patience to wait there
Thank you Ziggy , the beautiful and delightful pics of your country and some large agaves well maintained. Here’s a large opuntia from a cacti garden in Nevada.
This is the Pier at Deal There's a garden right at the end of the town next to the beach that we saw on telly years ago but we've never been too. Will have to think about a trip there in the summer
There were about half a dozen chaps fishing off the end of the pier, didn't see any rods nodding or any catches though. Fishing in the channel is dead quiet in February, might be the odd Dogfish during the day and maybe a Whiting at night but otherwise not much about till about April when the Mackerell come back.
