Henry Allingham

Henry Allingham the worlds oldest man and veteran from the world war I (the great war to end all wars) died at the age of 113. His funeral was held in our local church.

The flyover of replica world war I planes.

Daytrippers

Eve & Andrew came for the day, we drank Pimms on the patio, went to the Booth museum, I thought I may have to rush out and get some air at one point. Had tea and cake at the Dyke Rd park cafe. Walked down to the seafront where they both had a paddle.

We had fish and Chips at the Regency (came in under Eve's budget) and beer at the fortune of war and the Caxton arms.

And in other news

Chris and Paul came for dinner we had a lovely time, the next day we went for a walk and then had lunch at pub du vin.

The art students of Brighton have been about town 'performing art'.

We have been exploring the Sussex countryside, I particularly like the pub lunches.

Rico Billy wants to buy this place and do it up.

Anish Kapour's sky Mirror

From this years Brighton festival.

Off to Tring

We visited Trish and Phil in their barn conversion we had a lovely BBQ.

I should close my legs (particularly when photos are being taken)
The lady of the house...
The other lady of the house Piper their cat

Walk around Beachy Head

In an attempt to walk off the many cakes we have been eating, we did a circular walk from Birling Gap taking in Beachy head.

Anna's visit

Anna, Byron and Ella came for their annual visit unfortunately they didn't bring the weather from Delhi this time. Normally the sun shines when they come but this year it was a little chilly. Still we had fun on the beach.


Fun in the park.
Played crazy golf

Went to Jamie Olivers restaurant

Fiona and Ena came to visit

We hope to see them again soon.

California vistor Part 2

We took Ruth to Lewes she ate cakes


We took her to Arundel she ate cakes




We took her to the Brighton Earthship you couldn't get cakes there not even carrot cake!


We went for a walk in Stamner Park and she told us stories about the old days and Grandma. She also found a cake shop there phew!

A visitor from California - Part I

Jo's Aunt Ruth came to stay for a couple of weeks at the start of April. The house is taking shape again but its been hard work cleaning the place up and decorating in time, but sometimes you need an incentive to keep going! Ruth is 67 but she has the energy of a child, she ran us ragged! She takes a lot of vitamins and herbal potions and they obviously work. Our first few days we spent in Brighton Ruth likes shops and cakes!


Next we sped of to Paris on the wonderful Eurostar from St Pancras International (fantastic station). That champers in first class slipped down nicely. Paris is a wonderful city and as Ruth hadn't been before we walked on foot mainly to all the sites and shops.

The Transition

I finally finished the kitchen (well a few bits of snagging to sort!). Being able to cook again is marvelous and the open plan space really works well.

Snow!

Last Sunday we headed off to rural Beaconsfield for Trish & Phils 40th Birthday bash. It was lovely to see them as it's been a long time between drinks. We had decided to stay at the local Premier Inn which was surprisingly good for the money. The morning saw heavy snow fall and it took us over 6 hours to get back to Brighton, even the M25 had snowmen on it! I think the folk of Brighton enjoyed the snow.

The Transition Part V - Steels in