Archive for the 'Worthing Beach Memoirs' Category

Yesterday

No, I haven’t just come out of the closet as a Beatles fan. God forbid.
Yesterday, all my troubles weren’t far enough away.
Yesterday I had one of those days. One of those days that could be blogged in a number of ways. What story would you like? The gory medical story? The rant against bureaucracy? The [...]

A beautiful day on Worthing seafront

The Beach Hotel and promenade. 15 November 2003

Lunch at Shoreham Airport

Yesterday, Sam and I had lunch at the Fly-In Bar at Shoreham Airport, in this rather fine Art Deco terminal building. Shoreham is the UK’s oldest civilian airport, apparently.
We sat right by the window and watched the light aircraft and helicopters taking off and landing.

Autumn’s here


Today did not go as planned

Today, I was going to complete the July issue of Changes, the Chamaeleon Marketing Communications newsletter.
But after two days of ghastly weather, the sun came out, and it’s the Worthing Festival, with a vintage bus rally on the seafront and an American and Custom Car rally in Steyne Gardens. Not to mention a funfair [...]

Beach BBQ next Saturday

Anyone want to come to our Beach BBQ next Saturday? The details are here.

What’s the weather like down there?

Now I can be very lazy when I’m working at home at my desk. I don’t even have to get up to see what the weather and the sea are like, I can just click on my Worthing Webcam and Weather link, under Friends & Associates.

Barbecue on the beach

It’s been another balmy day here in Worthing. Time to unpack the shiny new portable barbecue we bought last week and head across the road to the beach to watch the sun go down and the dogs gambolling in the shallows.
Sounds kinda nice, doesn’t it?
With the chilled bottle of Viognier, marinated jerk chicken and herb [...]

A really great Tex-Mex restaurant

Today we found out why Montague’s, the Tex-Mex restaurant on Montague Street, Worthing, is always full when we try to get in.
It’s as good Tex-Mex food as any I’ve had this side of the Atlantic.
Our friends Pete and Marla took us there (thanks!). Now, Marla was born in CA, they have a house outside [...]

I hope the new Roller is prettier in the flesh

BMW’s new car ready to Roll. The new Rolls-Royce car is unveiled by its German owners, BMW, who bought up the prestigious British brand name in 1998. [BBC News | Front Page | UK Edition]

At a time when BMW have finally put a great piece of automotive design on the road (the new(ish) 7 Series), [...]