Friday 20th August 2021 to Thursday 26th August 2021
To East Sussex for the day. First stop Lewes…
Lewes
Lewes is a nice little town but…
the people who live out in the Sussex countryside can be strange
As well as it’s book shops and the bonfire Lewes is also famous the John Harvey brewery
I popped into the John Harvey Tavern…
I don’t normally drink before noon…
Sussex Best Bitter, lovely stuff
After Lewes it was on to pretty little village of Alfriston…
Britain as it was in the 1960s
Finally it was on to Seaford for a late lunch
Seaford Beach
Sunday I got the news that Paul Humphreys had died. Even though he’d been ill for a long time it was still very sad news.
Wednesday we went to Polesden Lacey to have a look around…
Polesden Lacey
The House was left to the National Trust in 1942 by Margaret Greville. It was bought for her in 1906 by her father William McEwan the Edinburgh beer brewer. So it was effectively bought with the coppers earned from Scotland’s pissheads.
The famous rose garden had gone over but there were still some happy flowers
After lunch it was onto Boxhill and the stepping stones.
During the 1st lockdown when the pubs and shops were all closed this place was like Oxford Street on a Saturday. Now it’s deserted.
New cases up, hospital admissions up & deaths up: this virus is not going away.