{"id":4726,"date":"2013-05-21T12:04:23","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T11:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesumpnersagain.wordpress.com\/?p=3"},"modified":"2013-05-21T12:04:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-21T11:04:23","slug":"brighton-3rd-to-6th-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesumpnersagain.com\/?p=4726","title":{"rendered":"Brighton – 3rd to 6th May"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brighton<\/a>? On a Bank Holiday weekend? Bit of a clich\u00e9 but what the heck? It’s a great place to spend a few days so we set off on the Friday at lunch-time. We had very little in the way of traffic problems and arrived at the CC site<\/a> (formerly Sheepcote Valley) by around 2 pm. In sunshine. We are not used to this! We hastily set up and settled down in the\u00a0sunshine\u00a0with\u00a0our Kindles. A lovely treat.<\/p>\n

It is a very pleasant site with plenty of\u00a0wildlife\u00a0and the usual good facilities. It’s like a haven of peace\u00a0and calm\u00a0– you’d hardy know you were near a vibrant seaside holiday town. And I mean that as a compliment.<\/p>\n

As you can see\u00a0below, the rabbits are very accustomed to human company – the ones in the pics below were only a few feet away. Archie could barely believe his\u00a0eyes\u00a0– but he is too well trained to try to give chase, bless him. He just stands and quivers with excitement.<\/p>\n

\"RABBIT<\/a>\"ARCHIE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RABBIT\"<\/a> \"Brighton<\/a><\/p>\n

Saturday morning though – that dawned very dingy indeed. We were scheduled to meet up with friends (Linda and Anna) \u00a0for a\u00a0walk\u00a0round The Lanes<\/a> and a bit of\u00a0retail\u00a0therapy. \u00a0We decided that the rain would not deter us and set off. We started off in the North Lanes<\/a> and had a good poke around all the quirky and different shops. Such a refreshing\u00a0change\u00a0from the bland, corporate, globalised\u00a0high\u00a0streets of\u00a0today. It was pretty\u00a0chilly\u00a0and you can see below how much we enjoyed our coffee stop.<\/p>\n

\"P1010447\"<\/a> \"P1010448\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After we had finished our mooch we walked down towards the Pavilion<\/a>. \u00a0Such an\u00a0amazing\u00a0sight.\u00a0Brighton\u00a0is where comedian Max Miller<\/a>\u00a0was born and we noticed that some wag had augmented his commemorative\u00a0statue\u00a0 A tad irreverent but quite amusing, really. \u00a0(If you look closely he has a Heineken can in his hand)<\/p>\n

\"P1010449\"<\/a>\"MAX<\/a><\/p>\n

As the day wore on, the weather started to clear, so in true\u00a0British\u00a0style\u00a0we\u00a0decided\u00a0we’d have that\u00a0barbecue\u00a0we had planned anyway. A quick trip to Waitrose for provisions and then we cooked up a storm. We sat out\u00a0whilst\u00a0the\u00a0cooking\u00a0was going on but retired indoors to eat as it was pretty nippy.<\/p>\n

We had\u00a0tickets\u00a0for the the Foodies Festival<\/a> at Hove Lawns on Sunday, which was a lovely sunny day. We met our old chums Bob and Barb (whom\u00a0we met on our\u00a0Canada road\u00a0trip) at the festival, which was a bonus. It was a\u00a0lovely\u00a0atmosphere,\u00a0with lots of lovely food to\u00a0try\u00a0and buy and\u00a0bands\u00a0and cider.\u00a0Strawberry\u00a0cider. Wrong but lush. And you can see the effects of it\u00a0below\u00a0as I attempted to take a\u00a0photo.\u00a0 Fail!)<\/p>\n

Could not have wished for better weather though. It was almost too hot to sit\u00a0inside\u00a0a marquee where there was a\u00a0demonstration\u00a0on how to make Gin & Tonic cakes. Not to be missed! The demo was by a very nice lady called Emily Ladybird<\/a>\u00a0who is a Steampunk<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0also makes jewellery and writes books. She also gave us an insight\u00a0into\u00a0the world of Steampunks. I\u00a0rather\u00a0like\u00a0their\u00a0style and might well have adopted it, had I been young, currently. Which I’m clearly not!<\/p>\n

\"Cider<\/a>
Cider – makes me take shoe photos.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"P1010452\"<\/a>\"P1010453\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Cider<\/a>
Cider with Archie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"P1010458\"<\/a>\"P1010461\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After the show we had scheduled a meeting with a friend of\u00a0long-standing\u00a0(Emma \u00a0aka Dotty D or Twangy Pearl)and the new people in\u00a0her\u00a0life (Leroy and Lucille). \u00a0It was lovely to finally meet them and Lucille enjoyed meeting Archie.<\/p>\n

\"P1010462\"<\/a> \"P1010463\"<\/a> \"P1010464\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Anna and Linda\u00a0joined us again\u00a0for the evening and we polished off the\u00a0remains\u00a0of the previous\u00a0evening’s\u00a0BBQ – with relish. See what I did there?<\/p>\n

All too soon it was Monday and time to leave, but not before another visit from our very own Brighton Belles (or our stalkers as we tend to put it). \u00a0Another\u00a0beautiful day and as soon as we arrived home, Paul could not resist a quick dip. Rather him than me – still a little chilly for my\u00a0taste!<\/p>\n

\"On<\/a>
On the brink<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"And<\/a>
And he’s in!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"And<\/a>
And out again – PDQ!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The perfect end to a lovely weekend. Here’s to the next one, later this month, with my dear old Mum and Uncle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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