Hastings

We do enjoy staying in a Haven caravan especially now we don't have to go during school holidays. Hubby and I have just enjoyed a week near Hastings. We were amazed at our accommodation, a superb lodge style caravan.

Although there are two good bars on site we took a short walk to the nearest Shepherd Neame pub to try the beer. We enjoyed our bitter and lager (didn't know they did one) in the beer garden with a sea view... just!

Back in our super lodge it was bubbly time. Just before we came away I joined Good Pair Days wine subscription - you can read about it in my previous post, there is a sign up link too.

Cielo e Terra 'Casa Defra' Prosecco Rosé was one of my wines and bubbly is always a good way to start a holiday. Neither Hubby or I are go to Prosecco drinkers finding most bottles too bubbly and too sweet but we both really enjoyed this, it really was a lovely wine. 

This year Hubby and I are trying to do more walking, being on holiday is a great opportunity to walk in new surroundings. We're not far along the coast from Hastings ... or so we thought checking Google maps.

Saturday presented a sunny but windy day and after an 'um and ar' about coat no coat we set off along the sea front ... calling at Greggs first for a takeaway coffee, our coffee koozie certainly make carrying the cups easier. 

It was a lovely walk, plenty of colouful huts lining the pebble beach. The promenade stretched in front of us with a tall tower building in the distance ... our destination.

But alas the building was not our destination, merely a half way stop for refreshments. Hubby enjoyed a pint of London Pride whilst I opted gor a small diet coke which cost nearly as much as the beer! It was lovely sitting by the sea again, holidays are made of these moments.

Hastings was actually just over 4 miles, the town border was maybe two but the fisherman's quarter at the eastern end was much further. 

Lunch at Webbe's Rock-a- nore was superb; the much needed sit down, the delicious food and the perfect wine in celebration of getting there. We have visited Paul Mas in Southern France where Claude Val was one of our purchases. We haven't seen it since so it was a must, it was the perfect wine with our meze of seafood and ham hock. 

Being a sunny weekend Hastings was busy, I'm not sure I'd enjoy it in the height of the summer. It's very quaint in the Old Town with museums all about fishing and shipwrecks, a narrow-gauge railway and the funicular railway up the steep cliffs.

We had a super day; a lovely walk there, a fab lunch and a slow stroll back. It was definitely worth the 9 miles although our lodge sofa was very welcoming when we got back.