I was invited down to Brighton for the weekend and made the tough decision to cancel my pre-Christmas booking at The Dorchester. I was so glad I did.
Sussex Square, where my friend has his apartment, looks more like Belgravia.
Sussex Square, where my friend has his apartment, looks more like Belgravia.
| I arrived on the Saturday night. The train journey from London Victoria took less than an hour and was very pleasant. My host was away at a wedding in London but I was exhausted from my Bali flights and just had an early night anyway. On the Sunday my host made me a delicious cooked breakfast, as we caught up over what our Bank of England colleagues were all doing now. I then went for a walk, while he prepared things for a Sunday lunch party. I had intended to get to the Royal Pavilion but only made it to the Grand Hotel, where I thought about the dreadful events in 1984. I ended up having to take a taxi back, to prevent myself being late. 6 of us had a memorable Sunday lunch of roast lamb. The cauliflower was just as good as my mother's, the prawn cocktails to start with richly delicious and our host could not have done a better job. I spent the afternoon drinking whisky having a laugh but finished it telling one of my host's friends, who claimed to hate all Muslims, how wrong he was. That evening I exploring some of The Lanes in Brighton, being thrilled to end up by the Royal Pavilion. A very special day. Today I make the journey to Shropshire, for Christmas in Shrewsbury. 🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻(5 out of 5 ‘teddies’) - Brighton is a fascinating, and elegant, seaside resort within easy reach of London. My host there was incredible, despite having the start of a bad cough. My tip: leave lots of time to explore Brighton. I wished I had seen more and am told the interior of the Royal Pavilion is incredible. |  My friend's apartment has items from our Bank of England days. I particularly liked this Danny Denahy print of the Bank's doormen.  The stunning private garden residents of Sussex Square have access to. There is even a private tunnel to the beach.  People playing beach volleyball on a bracing day in Brighton, eat your heart out Rio!  The Victorian Grand Hotel where, in 1984, the IRA tried to use a bomb to assassinate UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She survived but 5 other people died and Margaret Tebbit was paralysed.  John Nash's 19th Century Royal Pavilion, an Indian fantasy in the centre of Brighton. |
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