When we bought the flat in Bognor, I had always envisaged we would spend more time in Bognor than at the house during the summer months. Although events conspired against us to prevent that happening until now, finally the stars are aligned and we have got a three week stint down at the flat!
Friday 28th August
Despite our previous holiday, when we’d been down at the flat before the holiday, it still seems a bit weird to logout from work at 4:30pm and be “on holiday” without having to pack and travel somewhere! On the last holiday, we’d had the Goodwood Festival Of Speed to act as a physiological buffer between work and holiday, but this time it’s Bank Holiday weekend and so seeing the Fun Fair setup on the prom soon gets me into the holiday mood (although didn’t actually have a go on anything!)
Felt sick just watching this
Saturday 29th August
We decided to go back to Chichester to finally buy our Silver Wedding anniversary memento's. Lynn had previously seen a nice silver bangle which we got this trip, and I found a nice watch.
Our gifts to ourselves
Being a bank holiday weekend, it seemed all the eating places were heaving, but found a nice pub for our lunch. I was looking to buy some new summer shoes, but perhaps due to it being a rainy day, ended up getting a new rain coat 
Chichester was so pleased to see us, there was dancing in the streets
After all the effort of shopping, we had to end up in M&S cafe for our tea and cakes
Back at the flat, it was a case of X Factor and chocolate as the evening entertainment, as we’re fairly lightweight these days!
Sunday 30th August
Although it’s cloudy, it is surprisingly warm and muggy. We finally got to utilise the closest activity to the flat, which is the putting green in Marine Park Gardens. After that we had a nice walk along the beach before going back to the flat for lunch. As it’s so warm, we end up sitting on the beach after lunch, until it gets a bit colder when we retire to the sanctuary of our garden for a little rest.
Beach weather at last….
It’s Bognor Carnival tonight, so we go to watch the procession and fireworks. Eating the portion of chips from the pier chippy was a good idea (despite it being after 10pm) but in hindsight, the biscuits and chocolate back at the flat was perhaps just a little bit too much eating for one day!
Monday 31st August
It’s Bank Holiday Monday, and yes it’s drizzling. We are a bit behind schedule, so decide to relax in the flat until lunchtime Then go into Bognor town for a walk, but end up buying a few bits and pieces as we browse the shops. After the shops, we go into Hotham park and support the new cafe by having a nice cup of tea and cake.
Our evening walk takes us to the Fayre and Square for our dinner. Although not especially busy, the service was very slow and took couple of hours to get our main course and dessert. Luckily we were not in a hurry!
Tuesday 1st September
With the best weather forecast, today has been designated “Beach Day”, so once we’re up and had elevenses, were straight off to the beach. It’s a little chilly when it’s cloudy, but not too bad. The brief snatches of sunny spells makes it immediately hot!
We have a relax until lunchtime, then have lunch back at the flat, then go back for our afternoon session on the beach again. This time, the wind is a bit warmer and the sunny spells are lasting longer, so it’s very pleasant indeed. I even get to have a swim ! Late afternoon it’s getting a bit chilly again as the cloud comes over, so go back to the flat and get ready for our journey out for dinner. In the end, we decide to walk down the prom for our exercise of the day and go to The Regis for dinner. On the way back to the flat, there is a dramatic sunset and it starts to rain, albeit briefly, but gives us an excuse to duck into the pub to wait out the shower.
Weird weather today
Wednesday 2nd September
The weather forecast is for sunny spells again, so decide to go for a long walk to counteract the lazy beach day the day before. We walk up to Pagham with our packed lunch and have a lovely picnic on the beach there.
Are we nearly there yet?
Lunch spot
After another rest in the Pagham Cafe for a cup of tea, we walk back along the beach. Despite being a lot shorter distance, it is more difficult going, so (along with a small diversion due to the path being under water) takes just as long to get back as going the longer road walk.
Don’t fancy a paddle….
We have a welcome rest at the West park cafe for our afternoon cup of tea and (at last!) piece of cake
The short walk back to the flat from there finishes us off, so need a long rest before dinner.
Went to our local Italian Mama Mia for a nice meal, partly as we know it is a very nice restaurant, partly because its about the closest one to us
Dinner time
Thursday 3rd September
Decided to have a “shopping day” at Brighton (despite not really needing to buy anything !)
Got there in just over an hour, so arrived on the beach just after midday for our picnic lunch. It was a bit windy and cool, so decided to go onto the Pier and have lunch sitting on a seat out of the wind!
Then walked around the shopping areas at random, Lynn bought some shampoo and I bought a Sound Bar for the flat, but otherwise all we bought was Tea and Cake in M&S
We didn’t leave until around 6pm so was a lot of walking! As we were worn out, we stopped en route at The Fox pub for our dinner and had a lovely dinner (and pudding in my case)
Friday 4th September
Not got any plans for today, but as our legs are still recovering from our walks this week, it’s a shame it’s not beach weather again. (Did consider sitting on the beach under a blanket but that would be a bit silly )
Ended up having a walk in the morning to do our food shopping in Tesco Express. The sun came out and was thinking we may get a day on the beach after all, but whilst we were sitting in the garden having our lunch, the sun went in again and was very chilly !
Having had a restful morning, decided to walk to the library and then have a walk around Hotham Park (only had a cup of tea, no cake !) then walked around town.
Just a cuppa
By late afternoon our legs were worn out again, so stopped at another of my favourite restaurants on the way back to the flat for dinner at The Navigator Had a lovely meal (and nice rest) before managing to walk the short distance back and had a very long rest in front of the TV
Saturday 5th September
Without having to travel home from holiday, we arbitrarily decided that Saturday was still a holiday day (Means we can eat and drink more than normal 
)
Got the free bus to Sainsbury, which is the other side of town.
Not seen one of these before…
(Earlier in the week we would probably have walked there ) and had a look around the out-of-town superstores around there. Then had a nice interesting walk along various alleyways around to Felpham where we found a nice park to have our picnic lunch.
As lunch was a bit later than normal, we managed to walk past the various cafes along the sea front 
and ended up having a biscuit sitting on the sea front instead of cake !
Must be time to eat again by now..
Headed back to the flat, as we’d managed to have a fairly decent walk, even on a “rest day” so ended up having a quiet evening watching F1 Qualifying, Strictly and X Factor, all in the company of two Pizza Hut pizzas courtesy of a 2 for 1 offer we got through the door…. probably couldn’t moved even if we’d wanted to !
Sunday is a “normal” day so declare our holiday over….. luckily have got another week off in two weeks time, so can do it all again
