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The name Alfriston is possibly derived from "Ælle fyrst tun" (the first town of Ælle).

We went to Cuckmere Haven on Sunday and I happened to take a photo of Crumpet just as she was barking at me to throw her ball into the sea. I think you'll agree that she looks pretty ferocious.

Starfish in the Park sounds like the kind of event that George Michael might attend, but it's actually good clean family fun.

You can just make out the top of Lewes Castle above the trees.

Some poor bugger did a great job decorating his car with a very professional looking England paint-job, only for the England team to replay his faith with abject failure.

So now he's backing Ghana.

Me to as it happens. Well, Ghana and Germany.

There's nothing quite so English as a village fete. Cupcake anyone?

Followed by a visit to a 600 year-old country pub for refreshments ale.

Up on the Downs yesterday.

Some pictures from the Meadowlands Festival, in the grounds of Glyndebourne, just down the road from my house.

If you like buttercups, then this is the festival for you.

The mighty Mountain Firework Company.

Well worth going to see Rodney Branigan if you ever get a chance, I've never heard guitar playing like it.

Taken in the small hours of Sunday morning, Budleigh Salterton.

In celebration of Chelsea's 2009-2010 title win, I give you this photo of Super Frankie Lampard slotting one home in our 7-1 demolition of Villa (which made up for my previous visit to the Bridge during which Man City beat us 1-3).

It's been a peculiar season. I thought that Chelsea would walk it. And we should have walked it and easily beat Manure given the fact that they lost Ronaldo and Tevez, replacing them as they did with an injury-prone dwarf who goes down in the box quicker than a sex-starved lesbian. But we made it difficult for ourselves, so fair play to the prawn sandwich-eating plastic Mancs for making an exciting season of it. Sadly it falls upon me to point out that for this season at least, thanks to Drogba snatching the golden boot from Rooney on the last day of the season, Manure win absolutely sweet FA this season.

There are two pubs in Lewes that have Sky Sports, and usually those pubs are full of Manure fans - the estuary English variety - whenever Manure are playing. Strangely they were completely absent today. Pity that.