Arundel

A bright, breezy morning, with a sharp chill in the air, greeted us this morning. The price to pay for such a gorgeous warm sunny day yesterday. Along the coast we can see Brighton, a slate blue sky hanging over the town.

We took a walk out along the cliff top, we are enjoying our time at the coast, there's something relaxing and freeing about being by the sea. Our walk took us to a nearby campervan sales centre (we know), but it was purely to look. After a couple of hours of viewing one particular van, and having Marge valued, we decided to go across to Brighton for lunch.

We stopped at Brighton Marina. A few years ago we sold a boat we owned on the Thames (after it was broken into, and it never felt the same again), to a young man who had it transported here to live on. Despite taking a walk around, we couldn't see it, perhaps that was for the best, they say never go back!

We'd had our lunch at Pizza Express, sat outside, along with many other people, who couldn't believe that it was the third week of October and here we were soaking up the sun beside the boats basking in the marina. During lunch, we discussed buying another van, but as we were not both in agreement on this particular one we decided to give it a miss.

Tomorrow we must return home, so late this afternoon we retraced our journey back to the lovely Sussex town of Arundel.

Tonight's stop is in the pub car park of the Black Rabbit (please google it), alongside the river Arun. It is a beautiful setting, and the price to stay here is a donation into the charity collection box on the bar, but besides this we had a couple of drinks as normal. Tomorrow morning we hope the weather will be fine, as at the end of the river we can see Arundel castle, and we know it will make a great photograph.

Tonight, all cosy in the van, with toasted cheese and onion sandwiches and a glass of red wine, what's not to like! We are already thinking about a trip away with Marge in November, weather permitting.