On to St Leonard's and Hastings, East Sussex

He said:
We're done with our walk, I feel great that it went smoothly with both the good and the bad moments, it's all part of life's rich pageantry. Looking back, I will remember the good things given all we saw.
So, now it's on to Hastings, we are actually staying in St Leonard's next to Hastings. We took the train from Axminster, Devon to Clapham Junction, then transferred to a south bound train for Hastings, East Sussex. The travel day was May27, on May 28, we walked for a few hours down around the old part of town looking for locations of Foyle's War, and for all the real history recorded since the 1300's.

She said:
A terrific train ride down to St. Leonard's/Hastings. Train travel is very relaxing - the beautiful countryside going by.
In St. Leonard's on Sea we are staying at The Hastings House, a B+B right on Warrior Square facing the English Channel. Views from our room are perfect. Yesterday, we walked along the sea promenade to Hastings (a 15 minute walk) to tour the Old Town. Houses go from medieval to Victorian - winding streets with narrow stairways/passages throughout. We walked by several locations where Foyle's War, the PBS TV series, is filmed and enjoyed a great lunch at a tiny restaurant (recommended by a shop keeper where I purchased some body lotion.) I had traditional "Bubble and Squeak" - a couple of sausages (I opted for vegetarian sausages) on top of a bed of potatoes and cabbage (kale?), with onion gravy. British comfort food. Delicious. "Bubble and Squeak" is named for the sound the food makes while it's being cooked (we heard this from the chef).
We also stopped in at a small museum with amazing random artifacts from Iron Age through Roman times through Victorian era through WWII. In fact, the statue of Queen Victoria, in the square below our window, has a bullet hole from a German plane machine gun in her knee and a block of homes across the square from us is decidedly modern as compared to homes on either side - our innkeeper told us that the original homes were destroyed by German bombs. The museum also included a map of the area with bomb drops - there were hundreds. Sobering to see how England really suffered during that war.
A windy (headwind) walk back to our dreamy room. We ate dinner in looking out to the ocean.
I woke this morning with laryngitis - it was only a matter of time before the wind and the full Springtime hit me with wild allergies and some kind of reaction. Rain is expected for this afternoon, so we may actually get our much-deserved day of relaxation - reading in comfort as we look out our large windows at the sea and sky.
Down to breakfast -
EB

May 27, 28 Photos