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 quick [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Dec 26th, 2009
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 shoulders and the crowds I’d say it’s a huge success – we’re only taking a breather, waiting for friends and then we’ll be back out there [...]
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 doubt [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Dec 17th, 2009
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 pointing above a window bay has been the crescendo of the morning after seamlessly adopting the roles of cleaner, financial analyst, website optimiser and bookeeper. [...]
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 [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Nov 2nd, 2009
We’re in a recession. Unemployment is rocketing. No one is spending any money, least of all on discretionary items like wallpaper when there are mouths to be fed? Can someone please remind the tradesmen of Eastbourne!
First it was the roofer who, after finally agreeing that 3 weeks on Tuesday, if its warm, with a moderate [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Oct 11th, 2009
My CV as a hotelier now includes ’speed taxi-driving’ under the section marked skills and achievements - thanks to previously unseen gridlock on the less-than-mean streets of Eastbourne, the cab taking my guests to a wedding at Birling Manor didn’t turn up, with the distinct possibility of them arriving later than the bride.
No other option but to rev up the [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Oct 9th, 2009
I think it’s quite telling that we don’t have a single guest staying here this weekend who’s visiting the Eastbourne Beer Festival. We even have a room free tonight for goodness sake (a rarity on a Friday night). Compare that with the next two weeks when we’re packed to the rafters with members of the [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Sep 14th, 2009
You can’t say the organisers at Eastbourne council lack imagination. This week alone we have Michael Mcintyre, the Barron Knights and Matt Munro Jnr all appearing across a number of venues within just a short walk of The Guesthouse East. Not to mention Back to the 80s, the musical. It’s enough to make me roll [...]