A trip to Eastbourne!

We had a day off from work today, and we're going somewhere!!!

We have to get a bus from here.....

And we're off!!!  It's the 12X bus we're on!  

It's a really good ride as well!

There's Satdean Lido, it's an art deco open air swimming pool!

Now we're going through Newhaven!

And now we're in the countryside!

Oooo pretty!

And we got off here at Eastbourne!!

We had to double back a bit because the bus didn't stop at the usual place....

So we walked down here because we're meeting our friend Kirsty!

When she arrived, we walked over to a lovely Italian coffee shop for a quick lunch!

We got a Cappy Chino coffee which was yum!!

And then we got ravioli pasta with a salad that had balsamic vinegar on it - AND IT WAS FABULOUS!!!

We practically licked the plate clean!!

Then we walked down to the Towner gallery which is this stripey building.

We're going to see this at the Moo Vees!!!

LET'S GO IN!!!

Oh how exciting!!

That was a really REALLY good moovie with Timothy Spall and Jennifer Saunders in it!  We had to storm back into town afterwards so Kirsty could get her train home, and we also managed to hop on a bus back to Brighton which arrived the same time as we did!!!

And then we just had to sit back and enjoy the view!!

It's so pretty out this way

We went back past Cuckmere Haven - we must come back here one day for a proper look!!

You can just see the cliffs in the background!

This is Newhaven - you can just see the ferry in the distance that goes to Dieppe!

We're coming into Brighton now - ignore the bird poo on the window!!

There's Brighton Pier!

Then we got off here to get the bus back home!

What a fun day out!

We went to Eastbourne!

 

We've got a day off today, and we're going to Eastbourne!!!

Our bus is due in a few minutes....

And we're off!!  We went past an art deco building

And saw some other fancy buildings!!

And there's Saltdean Lido!  That's art deco as well.

And we got off here at Eastbourne Station!!!

We met up with Andrea's friend and went off for a coffee.....

......and lunch, which was absolutely yummy!!

And then we went down to the Towner gallery and cinema!

We're going to see this - it's a french film!!

Let's go in!!!

OOoo this is exciting!

That was a really good movie!!!!  It was about a group of descendants of a lady called Adele, who inherited Adele's house in Normandy.  That contained a painting of Adele by the artist Monet!!  It was really good!

We had to wait a bit for the bus but when it turned up, we got a seat upstairs!

And we're off!

That's Cuckmere Haven over there....

It's really pretty.

And people go kayaking here....

That's Newhaven Harbour - looks like they're loading a ferry to France!

They go to Dieppe from here.

Then we went along the coast road towards Brighton.

It's really pretty here too.

we had to get another bus to bring us home..... what a fun day out!!

Movie review - "Sweet Smell of Success"

Movie review number 37

PLOT

This is a 1950s black and white movie set in New York City and centres around JJ Hunsecker (Burt Lancaster) the gossip columnist, Sidney Falco (Tony Curtis) the press agent ....... and JJs sister who he's fiercely protective of as his only family member, and her boyfriend Steve Dallas who plays guitar in a jazz quintet.  Hunsecker and Falco are both very corrupt and manipulative journalists who will do (almost) anything to get what they want and the story revolves around JJ using Falco to plant false evidence on Steve Dallas to manipulate JJs sister into dumping Dallas.  What neither of them realise until almost the end is that Dallas has proposed to her, and she has accepted....... and suddenly false drug evidence is planted on Dallas resulting in his loss of a job, and a beating from - no, it couldn't be the Police could it?

This is a brilliant movie with a fabulous script and backing music from the Chico Hamilton Quintet, and works terrifically in black & white.  You need to pay attention though as right at the end, there is a big twist in the story where you realise the kid sister isn't so much of a kid any more....... and who's really manipulating who??

RECOMMENDED

Absolutely!!!  This is compulsory watching!

SCORE

10 squeaks out of 10!!

SCOOBY SNACKS

Classic popcorn and soda movie

We went to the Movies.....

 Ages and ages ago, before we went to London, Andrea took me for a walk!!  We lost some tags on the way, while we were at it!

 That one we stuck on a bus timetable!!

 I love losing art for people!  It's great fun!

 Another bus timetable to stick a tag in!

 Eventually we ended up at the Odeon Cinema!!  We haven't been here before!  Well, Andrea has but that was before she met me.  We left this tag in the toilets!!

 We went to see "Behind the Candelabra" about Liberace, a famous Piano Player in Las Vegas!!  Michael Douglas was in it, and so was Matt Damon!  It was really good!  I want to get this on DVDVDVD now!

 On the way home, we lost two more of my tags, tied them on railings.

That was great fun you know.  If you see "Behind the Candelabra" advertised on telly, or in the movies or on DVD, get it and watch it!!  It's fab!