Blogs from Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

”You can’t understand a country without using its public transportation system”- Erol Oran We’ve taken the trains and the tube a LOT over the past five days, so I thought this quote was appropriate 😀. We take another train early tomorrow morning, from Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport, for our flight to Dubrovnik. We are so excited about going to Croatia! But first, we’ve had a pleasant last two days in Eastbourne. Yesterday we had a relaxing day, walking into town with Carol Ann, and doing a bit of shopping. I didn’t bring jeans with me, but it’s been a bit cool so I thought I wouldn’t mind a pair, so I bought a pair of very reasonably priced dark skinny jeans at Primark. Then we enjoyed a fish and chip lunch at ”Qualisea”. We both had ... read more

Dear All Greetings, and hello again from London. I am writing at the end of a lovely week-long half-term holiday, the Thursday of which I decided to head out and explore again, and am now writing up my blog entry for another lovely local day trip from London. This time I headed southwards, to the south coast, to a lovely little seaside town called Eastbourne, and some nearby star attractions: Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters, both located in the south-eastern corner of the expansive South Downs National Park. It was a highly enjoyable day, and I must admit I saw what I believe to be one of England’s most spectacular natural wonders. While England, to my mind, is an adorable country, of rolling hills, cute landscapes and quaint villages, I believe there are not too ... read more

Hello all Today I was up to London in Hampton Court - and not being mugged in the Philipines- I am sorry but my Yahoo account has been hacked - I have lost all emails and all contacts - so this blog is a good way to reach most of you. Thanks to everyone who might have thought it was true and showed concern by texting phoning or messaging me here...and given that Richard has been working in Manilla a couple of times - it was perfectly feasible that I might have been there!! Now it's aright mess to try and see if Yahoo can restore my account ....meanwhile I am changing all passwords etc ....maybe I shall use a Maori word - they are pretty unintelligible. Love bemused and confused me. xxx... read more

After I got back from the BIG TRIP in April- I did think I would use the blog for my other occasional travels but I never really got round to it at the time. Well I have been to Sweden at Easter and then to Normandy with Christine ( my sis-in-law) at the beginning of June - so will post some of those fotos in another blog to catch up. I have also had my home exchage family from Christchurch New Zealand to stay - so it has been a lovely busy time.A Anyway my lovely cousin Marllyn (who lives in Spain - more trips there for me coming up) is always full of bright ideas which usually involve Terry in some extra DIY work around the house..but this time her idea was for me to ... read more

Hey Mates! Grüße euch aus englands Süden, genauer aus Eastbourne, einer schönen Küstenstadt im Süden Londons. Auch uns hat der Winter im Griff und vom versprochenen milden Klima ist noch wenig zu spüren, es schneit und stürmt! Eastbourne liegt am südlichen Ende der "South Downs", einem Naturschutzgebiet mit endlos grünen Wiesen, vielen Schafen und dramatischen Klippen. Verlässt man das Stadtgebiet befindet man sich unmittelbar in einem der landschaftlich schönsten Abschnitten Englands. Nach meiner Ankunft am 06.02. stand da natürlich erst einmal die Erkundung auf dem Programm und die Wanderung an der Küste enlang, direkt an den Klippen war wirklich Wahnsinn. Ebene grüne Flächen stürtzen dramatisch in den Atlantik, senkrecht, wie mit dem Messer abgeschnitten. Ich wanderte zum "Old Tower", einem alten Leuchtturm ca. 7 Meilen westlich von Eastbourne und war echt froh meine Kamera ... read more