Brighton Lanes Apartments
Travel Blogs from Brighton
Six weeks to go
... weather is like and if the sea was calm or rough. Last night here was a gale and I thought of those at sea. Even with the best stabilisers you get some sway. It all reminded me to get some Avomine! I don't get sea sick but also prevention is better than cure. A great deal of the fun of holidays is this time of anticipation. Looked up our booked exclusions on line and Komodo island is missing so I will have to give them a ring tomorrow. I have fired off an email as well. One of ...
Getting Monty ready
... six cars! Car moved and went to fire up Monty - another campervan parks up in the space. Another negotiation!! Eventually Monty is able to get out and off to fill up with diesel.
Once David arrives home and gets scrubbed down, we set off to the New Forest to our planned stop at Sway. Fish and chips picked up in Brockenhurst on the way.
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Beside the sea
... George IV had it built when he was Prince Regent in the early 1800s. Lavish does not begin to describe the interior. It’s amazing! The design is Chinoiserie with plenty of dragons and snakes, vibrant colours, glass, copper, gold, and some absolutely stunning chandeliers. Opulent, to be sure. It was really worth a visit. (No photography allowed inside, so I’ve uploaded a tiny photo from the internet and a ...
And this one's for Logan, and my niece Dianne.
... to our family.
On 13th November I returned to Birmingham briefly for the funeral of my lovely friend and colleague Janet Brisland. While funerals are never nice occasions, this was a very fitting send off to a wonderful woman, and it was good to touch base with friends and colleagues, even though it was in such terrible circumstances.
On ...
Seeing the Sea Life
... turtles that we saw were magnificent and one was in its 60s and the other in its 70s. There were also some sharks and a big assortment of fish. The boat ride was fun and the guy operating it told us about the creatures who lived in the tank.
After that finished there was a talk about the fish by some of the staff but it was lunch time for us so we didn’t stick around. We looked at the last few things to see which included ...
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