Gray's Emporium Tearoom, St Leonard's, and some pre-Christmas browsing.

Well, am out and about again, browsing round St Leonard’s, the town centre, and the Old Town. Pity I missed both the St Leonard’s FrostFair and the Old Town Christmas shopping day.      It was…

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Rye Harbour – nature, walks and lovely cakes!

I’ve never done a proper post about Rye Harbour. It is one of our favourite places – so open, with amazing views of skies and water.  Rye Harbour – space…..      Saturday was a sunny,…

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Antiques, vintage shops and galleries in St Leonard’s – a walk with Hastings Battleaxe

St Leonard’s is a browser’s mecca – everything from very upmarket arty galleries to basic junk.      We often take the route described below – it takes about half a day to do it thoroughly. …

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Redoubt Fortress, Martello Towers, Writers’ Group, Women’s Institute

We went to Eastbourne and visited the Redoubt Fortress on our way to Waitrose.      Philosopher has bought a book on Martello Towers and it mentioned the fortress, which apparently oversaw all the 74 towers…

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Winchelsea walk, wet in Rye and the Jerwood’s latest exhibitions

Let’s start with a nice autumn outing – the weather has been all over the place. Friday was fabulous, and we went for a lovely walk round Winchelsea.  Started off with coffee and homemade Battenberg…

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