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 Aug 1st, 2011
I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen them with my own eyes, but arguably the two biggest stars of all time ARE alive and well – and rocking it in Eastbourne! A week last Friday, as I was meandering up the seafront promenade trying to get my tired, irate one-year-old to sleep in [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Jul 14th, 2011
The sun is shining on another delightful morning here on Hartington Place, Eastbourne. Our guests from the Netherlands have just headed out for a trek towards Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters (true pragmatic Dutch stylee, with sandals, packed lunch and ever-so-slightly wary children) whilst others prepare for the opera at Glyndebourne. Our London journalists [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Mar 31st, 2011
The daffodils are out, the sun is doing it’s utmost to make an appearance and the much appreciated time-change now means the evenings are no longer a write-off post 7pm. Yes, Spring is officially with us, thank goodness. For many of the lycra-embracing running community this will signal the final push on the marathon trail; [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Jan 24th, 2011
I think I’m reasonably fit. My pasty chicken legs go vaguely whizzy when on two wheels and have been known to break into an occasional canter when confronted with hilly green bits, but even I had to gulp when considering the sporting opportunities hitting Eastbourne this year. The 2011 Beachy Head marathon takes place on [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Sep 20th, 2010
We’re a boutique guesthouse in Eastbourne. Bang on location, lovely rooms, separate kitchens. You might know that already and, hopefully, appreciate it enough to have stayed here in the last year we’ve been at the helm. Many of you have also made the effort to review us on TripAdvisor. Thank very much indeed if you [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Jul 8th, 2010
I could never say I’m short of ammo for this Eastbourne hotelier blog mallarkey, filtered through personal experience, scurrilous rumour and creative licence. Unfortunately much of it is unprintable so I shall have to restrict myself, in the absence of red wine, to some pertinent information. Dig out your Union Flags and prepare to get [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Jun 29th, 2010
Look, strapping yourself to a baking tray with wheels and careering downhill with little potential for stopping (other than hitting thankfully soft spectators and somewhat less forgiving barricades) is great fun. Participation in the forthcoming Eastbourne Extreme isn’t mandatory. Indeed, watching other people risk life and limb can be just as rewarding and certainly less [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Jun 13th, 2010
Either Eastbourne is playing host to the 2010 Sugar Daddy Awards or the tennis is back in town. Walking down to the sea along Grand Parade last night with the kayak (actually I should say shambolically shuffling, with the wetsuit rolled down, eager to chase the bass), on three separate occasions I passed wizened men [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on May 18th, 2010
Refreshing is one word for it. Let’s just say I needed the wetsuit for the inaugural swim of the year. And a bowl of steaming soup on my return. But the blood is certainly flowing again and we’re back in fine fettle after a hectic few weeks here at The Guesthouse East B&B in Eastbourne. [...]