A Year in a Motorhome - South East Coast - Week 3 - 16 September - Brighton, Eastbourne and Hastings

 Brighton - We began the tour of Brighton down the main seafront promenade and came across a food and drink fair, so we bought lots of yummy goodies. The Lanes are the old world of independent shops, all tightly packed together to give a quaint and relaxed shopping experience. My only gripe is that there were far too many jewellery shops and not enough cutesy nic-nac gift shops. But we did come across this little gem. The Choccy Woccy Doo Dah cake shop from the TV series. It is amazing! They make creations, and they have a 'cake garden' and a witches' kitchen. Everything in it is made of cake, and as I love all things spooky, it was just divine!

We watched a steel band; listening to live music in the open air always makes me happy. We finished off by experiencing the pier at night, and I felt like a kid again back in Blackpool during the illuminations! It was great, and Del won me a Monster Inc. teddy. Oh, I almost forgot: We watched a TV crew film, the Foxy Bingo Advertisement on the Piers Ghost Train ride. It looked all exciting, but the extras were all sitting around,
looking very bored! We also took a look around an ex-royal residence, The Pavilion.

Eastbourne - 

It was pretty dull, and not much on the promenade either, just hotels and B&Bs; I wasn't impressed in the slightest, so unfortunately, I have no photos and not much to say about the place. We stayed at Pevensey Bay and walked from the burnt-down pier in Eastbourne to the Sovereign Harbour, which was one of these recently built, trendy homes and bars around a mariner of boats. It was lovely, but our feet ached so much that we went to watch Guardians of The Galaxy, a hilarious movie (if you like the Marvel franchise). It was lovely, but our feet ached so much that. 

Hastings- Wow, wow, wow. Totally different reaction than the 'mergh' when I saw Eastbourne. Hastings is lovely and everything I love about a town. The Old Town has cute little winding streets, almost impossible for cars to get up, and lots of old shops and cottages to explore. Even the shopping experience is unique, with only small independent traders allowed to open shops here, which is shopping heaven for me. Little nic nac shops and olde worlde sweet shops, there's even a restored museum kitchen-ware shop, which you can look around, even the living quarters had been restored back to the turn of the twentieth century. Lovely.

We had a fantastic meal in a seafood restaurant looking out over the harbour area, where all the unique fishermen's tall black wooden 'net shops' still stand. We went up the cliffside cable car lift and looked out at the fantastic views. Even the campsite we stayed at 'Shearbarn Holiday Park' was beautiful in every aspect. It was high up on the cliff top overlooking the bay, with a small pool and leisure facilities, so it was not too busy.

Hythe - Hythe is a market town and civil parish on the edge of Romney Marsh, in the district of Folkestone and Hythe in Kent, England. The word Hythe or Hithe is an Old English word meaning haven or landing place and is known as The 'Jewel of the South East'; hmm, I guess I'm now comparing everywhere to Hastings; I don't think so. It's quaint and quiet with a miniature railway, but far too many tea rooms!

See you next week on our little adventure!

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