The Heatherleigh Hotel
Travel Blogs from Eastbourne
Six weeks to go
... highlights is seeing the Komodo dragons. We were going on the train from Stonegate to Southampton but the train fare for two standard class is nearly £100 so thought about train from Brighton to Southampton and then thought there is a train from Polegate to Southampton and the FIRST class fare for two is £29 Just found out that the Brighton to Southampton bit takes 1hr 46min and stops at 38 stations. What an experience. The whole journey is still shorter than going via ...
Beside the sea
... collection of old toys. The Brighton Museum and Art Gallery includes excellent displays of furniture from the Art Nouveau, Art Deco and other periods. There was also a special exhibition of the fashion and interior design of Biba, aka Barbara Hulanicki, famous in England from the 1960s-70s.
The most famous landmark of Brighton is the Royal Pavilion, with its striking design resembling an Indian ...
2 Days to Go...
I'm sitting at my desk at work (on my lunch hour in case you're wondering!) not able to believe that we've got two days before our trip of a lifetime.
We spent last night cramming as much into our rucksacks as possible, knowing that there's only so much that we can take and also that we'll need, but 'don't forget that pack of card's and 'what did you do with ...
My thoughts exactly
Sitting at home, watching my mother work, drinking in some of the last moments with her. Now with only a week left until we embark on a journey that will mould us and change us, and undoubtably shape our futures.
I am filled with sadness for all that I leave behind, but overwhelmed with excitement ...
And this one's for Logan, and my niece Dianne.
... and desolate. I had dinner with an ex-partner, Jean,
and also got to see her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, which I hadn’t
done for over a year. And I was treated to lunch and a tour of the nice bits of
Hastings by VG Lee, which was good fun.
So, fingers crossed that I have no more mishaps or ...