A few weeks ago, I took a trip to the seaside to the Jack in the Green festival that’s held there every year on May Day. It’s a great olde English tradition which dates back to the 16th century, which was revived in Hastings back in the 80s and the annual celebrations feature lots of…
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The King’s Seaside Jolly
It’s been a while since I did a King’s Ginger piece at the seaside – my trip to Brighton was many moons ago now! But just like we commoners, Kings (and Queens) like to be beside the seaside too, and Eastbourne is another coastal Sussex town that he visited a lot. So off I went…
No See Views
Once upon a time, a week or so ago, two girls called Fleur and Bethan went to the seaside for tea, but they didn’t see very much. It was foggy, you… erm… see. Yeah. So anyway, here are some things that the fog didn’t obscure. The Blackbird Tea Rooms (and their loos) were lovely! …
Ginger rocks.
In my latest and sixth adventure for The King’s Ginger, it was time to make a flying visit to the seaside. It’s true to say that Brighton does indeed rock, or so thought his Majesty King Edward VII! It was a cold, crisp January morning in the Home Counties, when I set off on the…