Decided to go to Bexhill for our main summer holiday, in July so hopefully the weather will be kind to us !
Found lovely looking apartment online, right on the sea front so went for it….
Saturday 13th July
Left home at 10.30am but stopped at Lynn’s mum to drop her birthday present off. Left around midday and had traffic on the M3/M25 then again M25/M26 junction. Stopped at 1.00pm just past Gatwick for lunch. Got to Bexhill after clear run around 2.45pm. Only trouble was trying to park as everywhere packed!
Got stuff into flat and unpacked and acclimatised. All settled in and ready to explore by 4.30pm. Went for walk along promenade, and around town. Decided to have chips for dinner. Had to wait ½ hour! But was worth the wait. Then went to ‘Coast’ for a drink and booked our carvery for tomorrow. Back to flat to have a rest!
Views from our flat, and view of the flat from the beach (It’s the top floor where the scaffolding is!)
Sunday 14th July
Seagulls – 3.00am – uggh. Breakfast 9.00am so earlier than normal. Bright but a bit cloudy outside but forecast good so put sun lotion on and plan for day on the beach. Got couple of hours in the sun then went to ‘Coast’ bar and grill for our carvery Sunday lunch.
Came out feeling full, so had walk along promenade before laying on beach. Was getting a bit windy so went back to car to get windbreaker. Managed to sit for another couple of hours watching the yachts racing before getting hot and fidgety, so went for a walk to get our ice cream. Back to flat for light tea before heading out for a walk and beer. Still got back in time to watch Top Gear and have another beer.
Monday 15th July
Woke just before 9.00am so lovely sleep On beach by 10.15am and it’s hot already. Sat near the refreshment kiosk, so not much bother to get a nice cup of tea after we’ve set up ‘base camp’. By Midday Lynn is overheating, so back to flat for lunch.
Refreshments are never far away
After lunch had nice walk and went up on top of pavilion before heading back to the beach for the afternoon session. Had couple of swims, ice cream and cup of tea, so busy afternoon.
Back to flat for shower and change to prepare for our evening expedition for food. Aimed for particular pub, but was too far, so diverted to nearer pub where we had a decent enough meal. Walked back and was looking forward to our cup of tea on our return after the distance we’d travelled.
Our second choice of dinner venue worked out OK in the end
Tuesday 16th July
Curses to you seagulls at 3.00am again and the workmen with a noisy hammer at 8.00am, don’t you know I’m trying to sleep Breakfast at 9.00am and it’s the cloudy morning that was forecast. We are planning a day around town today, which is a relief from the blazing sun for a day at least.
Although we had known about the scaffolding on the outside of the flat, it was nice to see it had been removed by the time we’d got out of bed…
Started by walking to the Retail Park. Fairly standard shops there, but after hour walk was nice to go into Tesco café for our elevenses. Also looked in Next and Poundland but, didn’t buy anything. Walked back a short cut route via the promenade, which was a bit more scenic and had lunch in the flat.
Went out for walk around town. Found nice place for tea and cake, went round park, then sit on seafront to recover before back to flat for change and decide on dinner.
This was our one and only dull day
Went to Bistro45 which was Mussels speciality restaurant but we didn’t have them… Was nice meal anyway.
Wednesday 17th July
Day starts with familiar pattern, wake up early, listen to seagulls for a while, back to sleep until 9.00am and have breakfast in bed. Could get used to this
On beach in the sunshine at 10.00am. Lovely morning lazing on beach, then back to flat for lunch and cool down. After lunch back onto beach. By the time we paddled, had ice cream, tea and swim, it was time already to go back to flat to shower and get ready for dinner.
Base camp!
Had a nice Italian meal, had a walk back to watch Apprentice Final!! Very burnt shoulders, chest and tummy despite applying liberally sun lotion. Checked and 3 year shelf life… ours is about 6 years old!
Thursday 18th July
After buying more sun lotion (!!), went to Pavillion for elevenses. Getting bit later for museum tour this morning, so just had walk along promenade in baking heat… bit windy but is refreshing.
Back to flat for lunch, planning to go to museum this afternoon, as ran out of time this morning. Managed to get to museum and was quite interesting. After a walk had to stop for Ice Cream. Had another walk and had to have a cup of tea and rest. After another walk in the heat went into pub for cold drink (only soda water and lime) then had short walk to beach for a nice rest in the windy sunshine. The day had flown by and already time to go back to flat!!
Friday 19th July
Lynn woke early today (8.15am!!) Beach at 9.45am… slightly truncated morning session as Lynn overheating. Back to flat at midday for lunch. Bit windy, but gloriously sunny
Another day, another base camp to setup on the beach..
After lunch, back to beach for some laziness Had Ice Cream and a cup of tea and cake (as it’s our last day). Back to flat a little earlier as we’re both hot and sunned out after a tough week on the beach!!
Got ready, then out for short walk to find our dinner. Had nice meal in pub ‘New Town’ which was pretty decent for the price, then had stroll along promenade for last time this holiday
Summary
The flat was in the perfect location and had everything we needed (including TV in every room and Internet connection)
Bexhill itself could have done with a few more restaurants that were open in the evenings (there were millions open during the day) but in the end we didn’t really need anything more.
As the weather was so hot and sunny, we just wanted to relax and enjoy it. Lazing on the beach and then finding something to eat in the evenings was all we did, but all we wanted to do !
All in all a fantastic relaxing holiday
