After completing the multi-day hike and before a day of travel to Norwich tomorrow (a train, a tube and another train), Bob and I have had a pretty lazy day in Eastbourne.
We had the free breakfast at the hotel (a good buffet of hot and cold options), and then headed to a launderette to do some much needed laundry. The launderette was staffed, so we could get the proper coinage (7 pounds here for a wash versus 6 in Winchester) and we had a nice chat with a man, originally from South America but who has been in England for 60 years and has served king and country (his words) by serving some time in the military. He helped us as well with the machines.
From there, we walked to the rail station to print our tickets for tomorrow. After folding and packing our clothes. We had a lovely but windy walk on the promenade and out to the pier.
from which we’ll catch a train to London Victoria
and then catch a tube to the Liverpool Street Station
to head onto Norwich.
looking back towards where we walked from yesterday
A nearby marker notes the fact that John Wesley Woodard
played with the local municipal orchestra
before joining the White Star Line company
and sailing on the Titanic where he perished.
We have just woken up from a nap and feel quite content not doing much else today.
Peckish Travels 