Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on May 5th, 2010
I’m talking of Benni, Bjorn, Agnethe and Anni-Frid rather than the Martin Luther variety. Oh yes – Abba are back at the Eastbourne bandstand this friday, May 7th! It’s the tribute band sadly, but there will still be fireworks among the blond wigs and glittery boots. Given the recent cold snap I’ve had to sniff [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Feb 8th, 2010
Apparently UK tourism is set to be one of the few sectors to benefit from the recession, with 70% of people ready to book a holiday in the UK this year. We’ve all been there – fractious children and frustrated parents stranded in airport lounges, disillusioned with the ‘glamour’ of air travel and, when coupled with [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Jan 31st, 2010
If you know you Latin from your Ballroom, your Cha Cha from your Tango, you’ll be keen to hear that two of Strictly Come Dancing’s top stars Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag are putting on a performance at the Congress Theatre in Eastbourne this February. If you missed the sell-out tour last year be [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Jan 22nd, 2010
….one positive side effect of the recent grim weather is that the registration deadline for Eastbourne Festival 2010 has been extended to January 29th. So, if you think you can dance, sing, recite literature or perhaps simply raise a single eyebrow in an impressive fashion I suggest you sign up sharpish. It could be your year! [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Jan 14th, 2010
It seems that celebrity status isn’t reserved purely for guests at this rather chic bed and breakfast in Eastbourne. The Guesthouse East was on the telly (again) recently with filming here as part of Escape Down Under. It seems we could be on the verge of losing Sally, a pillar of the running club based [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Jan 7th, 2010
I’ve dusted down the barrels and even found 3 matching flights. Ok, my board looks like it came free with 2 litres of Esso oil back in 1987 (it did) but suddenly I feel I could be the new Phil The Power. The Ginger Magician perhaps? Frankly, Eric Bristow, aka The Crafty Cockney, was always a [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Dec 18th, 2009
My body seems to be telling me to slow down. Or at least to ignore Mike’s ‘encouragement’ at the regular Running Inn training sessions on a Wednesday night when we enjoy (or is that endure?) an array of different workouts along the Eastbourne sea front. Mike’s definitely the bad cop of the dynamic team (no [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Dec 6th, 2009
You know you’ve made it in the world of Sussex bed and breakfast when the Rye & Battle Observer run a piece on you, titled Blob acclaim for The Guesthouse East. The editorial team clearly have an eye for detail with the title gaffe….but at least the word is spreading about the lastminute.com top 10 [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Dec 1st, 2009
lastminute.com top 10 travel blogs – The Guesthouse East is apparently helping to modernise Eastbourne – the face of new Eastbourne accommodation maybe?
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Nov 26th, 2009
Given the amount of mouthfuls I swallow on every swim it’s just as well – the sea on Eastbourne’s main beachfront has been upgraded from ‘Good’ in 2008 to ‘Excellent’ this year. And that’s despite the increased numbers if all those ‘staycationers’ enjoying the homegrown sea air and fine views rather than skipping over to [...]