We've been for a stroll on the beach today!
That hadn't been part of the plan for this weekend, but having enjoyed our breakfast at The George, and as the skies were blue and pretty cloudless, we decided to head south, and found ourselves in Hastings. We parked up in the seafront carpark, and of course couldn't resist a little dabble in the arcades, although sadly no keyrings from the 2p sliders and no cuddly toys from the grabby machines for us today. We strolled along in the sunshine towards the Jerwood end of town, and it was so bright that Nicky had to buy some emergency seafront sunglasses.
Along the way we had a walk down the pebbles to the water, discussed once again why we don't live by the sea, stopped off to look at a classic car rally, watched the seafront miniature steam trains go by, wandered into the 'old town' to peruse the shops there, although our only purchases were from a rather nice independent bookshop, and generally had a rather pleasant couple of hours.
On the way back we drove up the western side of Alexandra Park, and along Upper Park Road. It was too busy with lots of traffic and parked cars (charity run in the park) to be looking for particular houses, although I don't think I'd know what to look for - too long ago and too young at the time.
