I’ve just returned from a short holiday,
staying with my friend Jill in East Sussex . It
was a wonderful few days of walking and talking, delicious food and excellent
company, with visits to some of the local scenic attractions.
When I arrived late Monday afternoon, after
3½ hours in a bus from Cardiff to London , followed by
another 3 hours and two trains making my way south during the Southern Rail
strike, I was in desperate need of some fresh air and exercise so we had an
early dinner and headed out for a wander.
Jill lives very near part of the Cuckoo
Trail (a former railway line, see more here) so we followed that for part of our
walk and also meandered along a local footpath that took us near some wonderful
old buildings – barn conversions; a rather posh old house with its own moat; an
old mill now converted to a house.
We also walked through the delightful and extremely picturesque little village of Hellingly, with its old church surrounded by a graveyard-come-village green, edged by lovely old houses.
The architecture in this area is simply stunning: the steep ski-slope-shaped rooves clad in lichen-covered terracotta tiles, the rustic red brick, the traditional exposed timber framing, the flint-encrusted stone walls.... These are just a few photos from our evening stroll.
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