Today’s fare:
- Battle of Hastings (which wasn’t at Hastings)
- Brighton Pier (which is at Brighton)
- Visit to the English version of Horsham
- Arrived Salisbury for a stay of 3 days
Not enough time to fill in the details. I’ll edit this post in the morning.
The details.
Battle is about 10 kms north of Hastings and is where the battle actually took place. Strange isn’t it? Waterloo wasn’t fought at Waterloo, Agincourt didn’t take place at Agincourt. The world is full of oddities.
Today there is little more than the remains of the abbey William the Conqueror built to mark the battle, plus a sheep paddock. Still fairly amazing to walk around it and soak up the thought that something major happened right there. Try not to step in the poo though, that’s not the sort of thing we want to soak up.
Brighton Pier is kind of gross. Sort of a gaudy Luna Park come penny arcade. Interesting to look at and we can say we have been there. No need to ever return, especially after the local council relieved us of £13 for 2 hours in the car park. Ticked off the list.
The detour to Horsham added a fair bit to the length of the day. We wanted to see what the English version looked like, after living in the Australian version for 10 years. It was pretty unremarkable, which may be unfair since we didn’t see too much of it and didn’t stay long.
Then off to Salisbury.
Off to bed now. Steve J.