Spick, span and set for the summer at The Guesthouse East in Eastbourne

Phew! (In a couple of senses): What a scorcher! Well, at least it reached the balmy heights of 17 degrees last Bank Holiday Monday with uninterrupted sunshine which, as well …

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 …

Half way to the Good Life at The Guesthouse East

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. …

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 …

(Marathon) Life begins at 40

There has been a frenzy of sporting activity here at the guesthouse recently. For once, not all lycra has been worn by yours truly and baby buggies have been outnumbered …

Top bed and breakfast? Word is spreading!!

I appreciate that it wasn’t exactly comparable to the £61k goody bags picked up by recent Oscar nominees, but the scone I received courtesy of the cafe at Tennis in …

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 …

You recommend, we reward. It’s the least we can do.

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 …

Bumper year ahead for UK tourism?

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 …

Christmas High Jinx at Eastbourne Bandstand

Morris dancing, brass bands and dancing in the streets and on the beach. All in Eastbourne and all quite surreal. But the way my toddler was jigging about on my …