So we’ve borrowed Sarah’s car to head down Brighton and the seaside, oh we do love to be beside the seaside.
Radio 5 all the way was predicting the snow and we had a scattering of it all the way south. In typical Paul and Janine fashion the easy motorway would have been the quickest way, but we decided to get off even the A roads onto the B roads. There was a method to the madness as we wanted Janine’s sister and family are moving to in Reigate. It only took an hour to find the house – Smoke Lane, but it’s a cute wee place and Janine has it in here mind now where they will be living. We even managed to find where the kids will be at school. We ended up having lunch at Munch in Reigate (which was another drama – don’t ask) then on the road again. More B roads and some stunning countryside to my tourist spot the Oose Valley Viaduct. Built in the 1830s it’s a stunning piece of engineering.
We found our way to a bleak looking Brighton, all my romantic images of the Mods and Rockers on the beach having a good ding dong became vivid in my mind. Being such a huge Who fan (must get back to Carnaby st for some Who t-shirt), it was a real treat to come down here. Not quite on my Vespa with me woman on the back, it was more a small Ford Fiesta and annoying kids in the back. Still it is kinda cool if not sort of past it’s prime. The beach it a laugh, the stones are huge. Janine loves it here, but there is a reason this place makes us laugh – Charlie.
This morning after breakfast we had to put the little shite into Time Out in the bathroom. *Note to parents – not a good idea*. He then locked the door and there was no way we could open the thing from this side and after a while he started to panic and there was no way he was opening it from his side. So after getting the Financial Director to help, who got maintenance, who wanted to bust the door down, we settled on using a chisel to take the door architraves off. All the while charlie was crying and Janine and Jamie getting a little stressed (it didn’t help that we had left Jamie’s new Tube train toy at the restaurant). The door with a bit of force came open and a very very teary Charlie was released from his dungeon. We now don’t need to go to the Tower of London, tick that one off.
Off for a little drive around Sussex now, Royal Tunbridge Wells and some castles hopefully.
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January 24, 2008 at 7:49 am
Yippee sad it was a drama on the day -but thank you for making the effort to visit Reigate! We are looking forward to moving there and having you come and stay!