Day 169 – Friday 24th August 2018
Woke up to a nice morning in Brighton.
Being August bank holiday weekend not only can we expect the weather to get bad but Brighton seafront will be full of mods.
After a bit of shopping we set off for lunch at Peacehaven.
The weather was extremely blowy on the way back to Brighton and later it started to rain.
We had dinner at my favourite Brighton restaurant, foodilic.
While it’s not a wholly vegetarian restaurant it is a great place for a vegetarian to eat. It’s a buffet and they used to weigh your plate but now you can eat all you want for £7.50 which is great VFM for in my book.
Day 170 – Saturday 25th August 2018
Beautiful morning, we went to the western end of Brighton…
… then walked back along the western parade before having a gander at all the scooters by the Volks bar,
After lunch we headed further west towards Hove…
then on to Shoreham.
After dinner I went to Concorde2, bar just down from where we were parked up.
Someone had given me a flyer for a Who tribute band who were going to play the whole Quadrophenia album and I thought I’d pop along for a pint.
The band was already in full flight when I arrived but the bloke on the door wanted £20! That’s a bit much for a pint and I told him I’d seen The ‘actual’ Who for less!
Back at the van I Googled it and I had only paid £8 to see The Who back in 1979.
Day 171 – Sunday 26th August 2018
An overcast start to the day but the weather forecast is for rain. I had planned to stay till lunchtime but it’d cost £11 to park on Madeira Drive for 3 hours so off back to Reigate to carry on getting ready for Thursday.
Day 172 – Monday 27th August 2018
Worked on the family tree, had a little sort through the van. I can’t wait till Thursday to get back on the road so I booked the ferry for Wednesday.
Day 173 – Tuesday 28th August 2018
I should have booked the ferry for today.
Reigate is a nice enough town but I’ve lived here long enough. I can see why people end up going back to work a few months after retiring out of sheer boredom.
Day 174 – Wednesday 29th August 2018
Very wet morning, Julie locked up her flat. I gave the remainder of my English money to Lily and we were off.
Gent in Belgium tomorrow
Day 175 – Thursday 30th August 2018
Beautiful dry morning. Made it to the campsite by noon.
Once hooked up and settled in we took Zippy into Gent town centre for a gander. A mixture of tramlines, potholes, trams, people, cars and worst of all thousands of cyclists make riding a scooter round Gent town centre a bloody nightmare.
Gent’s historic town centre is very pretty and the town is obviously well loved.
We took a boat ride…
Going of a walking tour of Gent tomorrow.