Hilaire Belloc’s writing becoming reality as Sussex countryside vanishes beneath concrete

A great writer of poetry and song, ex-politician, seeker, teacher, preacher, grumpy and stumpy but nearly always interesting and, in many ways, was cursed or blessed with thinking far ahead of his time and with a very real concern as to the future of his beloved Sussex.

Sadly, his musings are becoming a fearful reality with great swathes of our south countryside vanishing beneath concrete, brick and tarmac. Even in my brief time, the coastal region has become unrecognisable and the construction and destruction continues, the countryside and the trees are under constant attack.