Day Tripping From Hastings
Having been at the end of July, August saw us in the more familiar surrounds of another bit of coast, with some time in Hastings.
Having been at the end of July, August saw us in the more familiar surrounds of another bit of coast, with some time in Hastings.
A trip to Brighton, mainly for the music, but with an electric railway and shops thrown in. Continue reading
Catching up a bit here, from the end of March/beginning of April, which saw Heather and I heading north to my home city of Newcastle, with a bit of an elongated weekend.
Let’s go to Hastings for a short little break we thought. What a good idea! And then the bloody train strikes got announced, for the day we were supposed to be going and the day we were coming back. So a short break turned into a longer break by the Continue reading …
It’s been a long time and a different life since I last visited Norwich but Heather and I returned there (it had been even longer for her), mainly thanks to a game of “where are the trains actually running to” over Easter. Turns out there are way more churches than Continue reading …
It’s summer, so another trip to Hastings was of course forthcoming for Heather and I. This time there was a wonderful art trail to catch our attention too, so we headed down to the coast for a week, to Follow That Duck.
Sometimes one ends up taking a break somewhere almost at random, or at least because it’s somewhere the trains seem to be running to across Easter weekend. Hence Heather and I found ourselves heading to Nottingham on what turned out to be a gloriously sunny long weekend. Continue reading
Heather and I had been in York, but instead of heading south back towards life we headed north, to my home town of Newcastle! Continue reading
It’s summer, so after a trip to some , it was time for some proper seaside, and our normal journey to Hastings.
The world shutting down due to Covid has, for obvious reasons, somewhat curtailed this summer’s activities. Not a lot has been happening while this pandemic is brought more under control. We finally reached a point (at least for now) where restrictions were lifted enough, and Heather and I felt comfortable Continue reading …