We arrived at the Brighton CAMC 15 minutes before the stipulated check in time of 1300hrs but the very friendly staff let us check in, even with the crap IT system still down. The site was quite empty and we had a good choice of pitch, so we tried to find one where we could ride out the oncoming storm without too much buffeting. Once we set up we wandered down to the marina for a mooch about before finding some food. We went into the Harvester. It was truly awful. Full of screaming brats, grubby tables and a very limited menu, so we walked out and found a delightful Café Rouge instead.
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| Brighton Marina |
The Sunday night was rough apparently (I slept through it). After breakfast on Monday we wandered into Brighton for a look around and had a delicious lunch in Mowgli before heading back along the coast. We walked over 10 miles!
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| North Lanes |
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| Brighton Pavilion |
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| The Lanes |
Tuesday was awful weather. It rained all day. We stopped in, only emerging to go down to Lidl for some provisions. Once again the wind picked up for yet another storm with a silly name.
Wednesday and the crap CAMC IT system was still down, but the weather was significantly better. Time for some exercise after a lazy day, so after breakfast we set out to walk east along the coast towards Rottingdean/Saltdean. It was a long walk. A very long walk! We stopped for a quick lunch in a delightful café in Rottingdean before continuing east. Up and down steep cliff tops and through some very slippery mud near Newhaven fort. Eventually, knackered, we took the bus back from Newhaven to the Marina where we descended the cliff path for a couple of pints in the Master Mariner pub and then dinner in Café Rouge before heading back to the site, absolutely exhausted. We walked nearly 32,000 steps. The cliffs are very nice along here but the houses look very tired and tatty. Don't think we'd fancy living here.
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| Beacon Hill Windmill |
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| Newhaven |
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| Newhaven Fort |
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| Brighton Marina |
Thursday and we deserved a rest after the long walk yesterday, especially as we were a little bit stiff. However, this was not to be. We walked the two miles into Brighton to get the bus to Lewes. It wasn't a comfortable journey as the bus stank of dog! Lewes is a lovely place, but bumpy. we walked up and down the steep hill and around the castle then searched unsuccessfully for somewhere to get some tea and cake. Hungry and tired, we got the bus back to Brighton and found a really nice little ice cream/cake shop in the lanes called Brass Monkey. The owner is a charming chap and let us taste his selection of absolutely delicious ice creams. From there we walked back to the site hoping that Phillipe, who runs a little café on site, would produce his advertised Beef Bourguignon. We turned up, but he didn't, so we settled for a M&S curry in the van. Phillipe - you can stick your Beef Bourguignon up your...... Anyway, once again we walked for miles (18000 steps) and enjoyed our visit to Lewes, which is a very interesting and pleasant place.
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| Lewes Castle |
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| Fifteenth Century Bookshop |
Friday, bright sunshine and, reluctantly, time to move on, heading for Cambridge Cherry Hinton site.
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