We were supposed to go to The Church today but instead Pauline and I went to Brighton and our livers are probably very thankful! It wasn’t a particularly hot summery day but we did have moments of sun which we were grateful for. It was just nice to get out of London even though I’ve already been to Brighton a couple of times.

Mainly Pauline and I walked up and down the “beach” and I also introduced her to the 2p machines. I’m surprised she’s never seen them before – very addictive. It was all I could do to tear her away. Ha ha. We even had to fight off this man who was trying to take over our machine though I think he was trying to give us tips on where to put the coins at the same time. Strange!

On this trip I also finally managed to get to the Royal Pavilion. Its actually a funky palace though a little over-priced to get into. There is a fairly detailed audio-tour that you can take but it was very historically based rather than about the Palace itself. I was disappointed I couldn’t take photos of the inside – very amazing interiors especially the large opulent dining room which was “guarded” so to speak by these intricate and rather big dragons and had a most amazing chandelier.