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 Jan 7th, 2011
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 be telling our guests. A busy Christmas and New Year here at The Guesthouse East with a typically eclectic guestlist; escapees chrerishing life away from [...]
Posted in The Guesthouse East Blog on Dec 13th, 2010
Health and Safety would have had a fit seeing me stumble blindly around in the unlit loft searching for the decorations but we’re almost set up for Christmas in Eastbourne at The Guesthouse East. Almost – half the lights have gone AWOL since being packed, the sherry is already drunk (well, it was my duty [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]