Brr, but beautiful at an Eastbourne bed and breakfast

Looking out from our Eastbourne B&B this morning at clear blue skies and frost glistening from the car windscreen. Beautiful but brr. If you’re suffering from January blues perhaps you …

Oh we do like to be besides the seaside!

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 …

Sheep. Lots of sheep. Lots of dancing sheep.

Great guest-list here over the last few days, surely confirming our position as Eastbourne’s most accommodating bed and breakfast –  including a farmer, his dog and several sheep. All in …

Eastbourne: Reasons to be cheerful

VAT’s gone up. Inflation is following suit. Job cuts are in the air and it would appear that Britain is battening down the hatches. Thank goodness no one seems to …

Snorkling, snuffling and sunshine all the way

The kayak has looked rather forlorn in the lobby recently following the latest family addition and the inevitable lack of opportunity to hit the water in Eastbourne. Two guests here …

I have a dream!

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 …

The Guesthouse East in Eastbourne – As seen on TV!

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 …

Old London town is no consolation for Sunny Eastbourne

It’s disorientating munching on Cheerios on a Sunday morning, gazing not upon the lapping waters of the Channel in Eastbourne but the murky skies of London. It’s always a treat …

Brass monkeys at 30 feet

Chill wind, frost-bitten fingers, a precarious ledge and vertigo. A great combination. Hotelier life in Eastbourne with a Grade II-listed property is nothing if not rock ‘n roll – a spot of …

Mulled wine kicking or the e-numbers loitering after yesterday’s birthday cake….?

….but this Eastbourne hotelier is on the verge of feeling festive. Maybe it also has something  to do with the barrage of signs advertising the Jack and the Beanstalk  production …