Lunch in Eastbourne!

Today, Andrea said we were going out. 

So it was up to the bus stop to get into town....

We gave them a CD!

We got off here and had to wait for another bus....

.....and since we had some time to spare, we had a nose round a fabric shop we'd never been in!!  They've got some lovely stuff in there but it's expensive - we saw some lovely batik fabrics but they cost £12.99 a metre!!

Then our bus came and we were off!!!  There's that lovely art nouveau building!

That's a place for blind military people...

it's a huge building!!

And there's Saltdean Lido!!!  That's really pretty too!!!

OoOo we're going through Newhaven now!!!  there's lots of boats over there!

This is Cuckmere Haven!  Well the Haven bit is the other side of the road, but this is the other less famous bit!!

We're in Eastbourne!!!  That's the train station over there!

We left a floppy disc on the hand rail...

.....just before we arrived at Eastbourne Pier!!!  It's quite fuggy over the Channel today....

And we were met by Diane and her brand new Bear!  He's so new we don't know his name yet!!!

Outside the Pier, we found another Bear having an icecream so we said hello!

Then we walked along the seafront to Harry Ramsden's because we were STARVING!!!

Now..... what shall we have??

First of all we got the refreshments!!!

SCHLURP!!!

For lunch we had plaice and chips for a tenner!!!

It was NOMMY!!!

After our nomtastic lunch, we had a wander the other way along the seafront back the way we came and we left a bookcrossing book here.

And then decided to go on the Pier!

We found some arcade games so we thought we'd have a go!  This one isn't the usual shuffle board game and was a bit weird....

BUT WE WON A PRIZE!!!!!  HURRAY!!!!

Then we went to help Diane because she hadn't won anything yet.

We ended up winning TWO PRIZES EACH!

It was BRILLIANT!!!

We haven't done that for ages, it was so much fun!

then we had another walk along the seafront and we left a CD on the rail!

By now it was nearly three o'clock so we decided it was probably best to get the bus.  When we got to the bus stop there was a HUGE ENORMOUS queue of people, some of whom had been waiting over an hour for the number 12X bus!!!  There's supposed to be one every 20 minutes!!!

Luckily one turned up 15 minutes later and we all got on!  I waved goodbye to Diane and Bear!

And we're off!

That's Cuckmere Haven, the famous bit!

It's still very misty over the Channel.....

Oooo you can see the cliffs there!

And here we are at Brighton!

We got off here and got another bus to get us home!

Here we go!  This bus was really busy too!

We got off near here and saw a Dinosaur on the wall!!

And then when we got to the Tesco car park, our friend Cat came to say hello!!!

We love Cat!!

We made a video of Cat - won't stay still though!!!

But she did in the end!!!

When we got home we got out the present Diane gave us!

Lots of blue wallpaper samples from Farrow and Ball!

They've lovely!!!

A Sneaky Day Out!!!

 Yesterday, Andrea had to go to Lewes for a Work Do so I decided to sneak along.  First we met up with Vicky and while she went to get a coffee, I had a rummage in her bag.  It's OK, she didn't notice anything missing.....

I met Vicky's mate Fred Bear.  He seems nice enough, but a bit quiet. That'll change....

After the Works do, Andrea, Vicky and Bev took us into Lewes Flea Market for a look round.  We didn't have long but we saw some fun stuff!!

Coo.....!!

After that, we went to a pub for a beer.  That's Fred Bear on the left, Fatty Ratty and Tulip in the middle and me on the right.  I had a half pint of Heineken and I burped.  Loudly. 

Ooops!!

Then we went to a pizza place for dinner.  I had a Cola....

We started off with a Mezze dish which was burnt bread and some Dips an Olives.

Then we had a pizza.  Andrea had a pepperoni wiv extra onions.

Vicky had an "Everything on it plus extra anchovies" pizza which was bigger than Andrea's.  So we all went and helped her eat it.  She couldn't have managed it on her own, it was too big.

Then we got a salted caramel tart wiv clotted cream to share between us.  That was proper pukka, that was!!!

Heck, we're all completely stuffed now!!

What a fab dinner!!!!