The Royal Pavilion at Brighton. Built by the Prince of Wales in 1815, to entertain his friends, was later sold by Queen Victoria to the city of Brighton in 1850.
We were fortunate when boarding the bus that the two front seats of the double-decker were vacant, so we had a great view along the southern coastline and of Brighton.
Kids uptop and upfront on the bus!
It had been many years since we had been here with much has remained the same but, oh, the crowds! I can understand why Brighton is a popular destination, it has much to offer all ages.
So we set off on foot through the old section known as The Lanes. This is a series of small alleyways and passages that have a whole array of shops - particularly numerous jewellery shops, restaurants and other niche shops.
Specialty shop exclusively of ducks!
"Choccywoccydoodah" shop exclusively selling chocolate!
And, a ball shop!
The Lanes - without people for an instant!
We came across some interesting galleries on our wanderings. Some paintings were very intricate and unusual, while others stood out for their colour and brush work.
This picture of the Queen is built up from individual miniature paintings - very skilful and unusual.
This Monetques painting reminded us of the Thames last Monday morning early as we drove across Blackfriars Bridge. .
And, beautiful and colourful flowers.
Later we strolled out to the iconic pier with every conceivable sideshow-ally fun activity for the young. There was hardly a ride/activity not being used to the full. We settled for the traditional fish and chips!
Late afternoon we hopped on the bus and returned to Telscombe Cliffs for our second night- and a most beautiful sunset played out later in the evening.
Loved this day out with you....the bus trip, artwork, shops and oh yes, english fish and chips, so hard to beat. Googled just where you were, and can say we missed Brighton on our trips, what a lovely place. Every day counts now!!! xxxx
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