Blob acclaim for blog?!

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 …

Family-friendly meanderings and a mecca for mountain biking. In Eastbourne?

I’m constantly being amazed at the beauty and opportunities within a stone’s throw of here at The Guesthouse East in Eastbourne. We took advantage of a rare spare afternoon this …

Bah Humbug!

There, I’ve said it. This irrepressibly cheerful Eastbourne hotelier – who recently smiled (ok, a thinly-veiled grimace) when a guest dropped coffee on a newly laid carpet right in front of …

Porridge anyone?

For once I’m not entering the great sugar-versus-salt debate in the world of the sticky stuff (or am I just living within a B&B bubble here in Eastbourne?), but rather …

Fighting on the beach. Again, and again and again….

One of the joys of having an Eastbourne B&B, with a glorious beach at the end of the road, is the easy access to fantastic fishing. Apparently.  Having seen some …

So who stays at The Guesthouse East? Not middle-aged beer-swigging types apparently…

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 …

Is there an AA Gill equivalent for the hotel trade? I might just be born for it!

Given that I have absolutely no operational experience of running a hotel this grand self-promotion might be based on thin ice. Ok, so there were  a couple of years backpacking …

Ahh, the Indian Summer….

There’s something quintessentially English about a bracing swim in the Channel, with a strengthening northerly freshening the temperature and a definite reluctance to throw yourself under. At the same time, …

The word is spreading….pilates and pampering is heading this way!

The word is out there and momentum gathering apace…thetraveleditor.com has just picked up on the fact that here at The Guesthouse East we have the perfect tonic for mums-to-be with …

Confessions of an Eastbourne hotelier

I’m not sure I could get away with Robin Askwith-type antics (the wife wouldn’t put up with the tight jeans for a start) but within the space of a month …