But more appealing sea views return as we approach Saltddean ...
... where a particular delight is Saltdean Lido. It was one a very popular place ...
... but had fallen into disuse and disrepair and was threaten with demolition with the site being developed for housing. After a protracted and vociferous campaign a Community Interest Company (CIC) was formed and the pool reopened in 2017 after a complete rebuilt of the pool itself.
Currently the art deco buildings are hidden behind hoardings are refurbishment continues ...
... with the CIC holding a sixty year lease and a Leisure Company assisting in the expansion of facilities on the site.
Wise readers may be wondering what has happened to fbb's poor quality pictures snapped from the upper deck windows of his service 12X. Simple. He used two phones, then new one depositing his photographic efforts into "The Cloud" and the old one still used as a phone but with no paid for public-place Wifi.
To get a bit more memory on the old unconnected phone, your alert and technically with-it blogger deleted a block of stuff forgetting that it had no wafted cloudwards.
Hyper-twerp!
So many hearty cheers for Google Streetview etc.
A good bus ride from Brighton is route 2, which limbs up past the Racecourse, drops down through Woodingdean and terminated at Rottingdean
The views can be spectacular!
The story of the rebuild of Rottingdean Windmill on Beacon Hill is fascinating and fbb strongly recommends a quick search on-line. But there it stands, good and firm ...
... over 100 years after it last ground corn!
Next to appear is the distinctive shape of Blind Veterans UK building.
It was built in 1938 ...
... and was the first purpose built residential and convalescent facility specifically designed for those with badly diminished sight. fbb's granny's next door neighbour (Mr Stuart Manning) used to much enjoy his annual holiday spent there.
Another residential facility comes next along the top of the cliffs. Roedean school, reputedly the most expensive gells school in the UK, stands proud overlooking the sea.
Alumni include the actress Honeysuckle Weeks (as in Foyles War) and more famously Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward.
Many would opine that the approach to the seaside city ...
... is spoiled by the carbuncular excrescence that is Brighton Marina.
Brighton Marina is an artificial marina situated in Brighton, England. It features a working harbour and residential housing alongside a variety of leisure, retail and commercial activities. The construction of the marina itself took place between 1971 and 1979, although developments within it have continued ever since. The marina covers an area of approximately 127 acres.
Thankfully the magnificence of Marine Parade is soon available to delight our eyes ...
... and fbb will be able to enjoy the ride all over again on the way back to Eastbourne ...
... but with a difference.
Another residential facility comes next along the top of the cliffs. Roedean school, reputedly the most expensive gells school in the UK, stands proud overlooking the sea.
Next Interim blog : Friday 12th July
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