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A Little Slice of Sussex

Stop Press. It’s stopped raining. Unfortunately, at the time of writing, that’s no longer true – I’m sitting at home looking out at yet another June downpour, having just heard on the radio that the Met Office has coined a new term to describe the weather for the coming months: “an umbrella summer”. Marvellous. Those … Continue reading

Shoreham-by-Surreal

As exotic locations on the Sussex Coast go, the little town of Shoreham-by-Sea isn’t necessarily the first hotspot that springs to mind, sandwiched as it is between a dilapidated cement factory on one side and a power station on the other. But as it’s just a short drive west along the coastline from my hometown, … Continue reading

Face To Floor Interface

As far as unpromising starting points go, I think I may have surpassed myself with this one: The Acute Medical Unit of the Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals. If there is an upside to bipolar disorder (I’m sure I could have phrased that better), it’s that it’s not a condition that readily lends itself to … Continue reading

These Boots Were Made For Walking

It seems as though the idea of starting off my walks in unpromising locations is already becoming something of a theme; last time, a supermarket lift, this time the decidedly downmarket end of Hastings, the East Sussex coastal town of such historic note. Perhaps there’s some kind of subliminal self-defense mechanism going on in the … Continue reading

Brighton’s Back Passages

Whilst I’d love to lay claim to having come up with the title of this post, I’m afraid all credit must go to the authors of the excellent Cheeky Guides – and in this case, the gem that is Cheeky Walks in Brighton & Sussex – which I was lucky enough to stumble across in … Continue reading

Trades Description Act

OK, you got me. This photograph has got nothing to do with Spain. And it’s completely unrelated to walking. Unless you’ve got a Messiah complex. But I did take it today, and this is where the story starts. Brighton, my home town for the last 7 years, is feeling distinctly soggy as the UK emerges … Continue reading