Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Dec 6th, 2011
Hmm, those ker-razy marketing folk at our local Beachy Head Brewery really excelled when they named their new beer recently. Personally I head up to Beachy Head for the crisp, invigorating air, breath-taking scenery and abundance of blackberries late summer. You’ll be aware that many other visitors choose the 500ft sheer cliffs for a different [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Nov 21st, 2011
The wife didn’t appreciate my attempt at reassurance. Apparently being told we were fully paid up with the life assurance wasn’t the authoritative response required to her safety questions. The ledge outside our top floor suite is at least two feet wide and the moss isn’t too slippery at this time of year so despite [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Nov 3rd, 2011
I always thought that intolerance increased as you get older. Rather like the size of your ears. Sitting in front of a particularly enticing Belgian bun at a cafe in Pevensey Bay yesterday , I was confronted by a glace cherry atop the sticky treat. Does anyone in the developed world, where hunger is little [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Oct 20th, 2011
My bottom is sore and my thighs ache…. but I’m happy. One of the potential perks I got excited about when we decided to move down to Eastbourne from urban London two years ago was the chance to go horse riding on the South Downs. But shortly after arriving at our new seaside home, I [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Oct 6th, 2011
My darkening mood could well be down to the cooler temperatures, windier conditions and autumnal air (or indeed the lack of opportunity to chase the soon-to-be-departing sea bass on the kayak). It might also have something to do with the end of the political conference season and the fact that I will no longer be [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Oct 3rd, 2011
It’s October. I’m wearing shorts. Not below the knee, could-be-three-quarter-length pants, these are officially short shorts. Unlike my husband Carl, who pretty much wears shorts exclusively from February to November (and who once wore shorts and flip flops on a boat trip to visit a glaciar in Patagonia), I only get my bottle-white pins out [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Sep 13th, 2011
You work hard throughout the year, way beyond 9-to-5, with inevitably consequences on family life – time together and family holidays in particular are so very precious. With two very young children ourselves and having lived life as professionals in London I hope we understand as well as anyone the pressures the modern family faces. [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Aug 30th, 2011
We’ve been extremely busy all summer here at The Guesthouse East – I’ve been putting it down to my porridge – but it seems we’re part of a much bigger trend according to a new study highlighted on BBC 1 (The One Show) and the Eastbourne Herald amongst others. EASTBOURNE is the second fastest growing [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Aug 25th, 2011
So we’re not exactly at Tom and Barbara levels of self-sufficiency just yet but the parallels of a mid-life crisis and a quest to avoid the rat-race are pretty clear. We’ve just polished off my kayak-caught sea bass (pan-fried fillets with a delicious oriental sauce) rounded off with a homemade pie of local apples and [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Aug 8th, 2011
OK it sounds like we have had a really strange set of visitors…. but it was all in the name of love! The delightful Bishop family took over The Guesthouse East last weekend as they were attending the wedding of daughter Elena in East Dean. Our Grade II listed building was filled with the pitter [...]