A Bank Holiday Seafront Wander

Living close to sea level means that many of us have to walk uphill to reach many of our destinations, unless we walk along the seafront 😉 At Bulverhythe.

The Azur/St Leonards beach huts have returned from their winter retreat (blog).

Hastings diminishing beach-launched fishing fleet; I've written about Hastings fishing industry a number of times, eg blog.

At Rock-a-Nore with very green water; I'm guessing due to algae... 

Indeed, it was a very pleasant walk this morning, cheers folks!

Hastings Park Run, Azur Beach Huts, O.W.E.N.S

Out for a seafront walk this morning and the regular Saturday morning Park Run passed me by, in the photograph runners either coming up to 2.5km or just after 2.5km to the east of the Pier😉and virtually all the 251 runners went past, respect (website).

The Start and Finish ahead

Also, I noticed the migratory Azur Beach Huts have disappeared again...

... to their winter retreat between St Leonards and Bulverhythe!

Finally, they seem to be getting there-ish, but O.W.E.N.S still isn't open!

Nomadic Beach Huts - Late News!

OK, sorry, I'm a wee bit late, but the nomadic Azur/St Leonards/Bulverhythe beach huts haven't been accorded their timely move to their winter site as early as I usually comment, eg blog, anyway, now at their summer site (above).

At Bulverhythe yesterday

Sorry about that 😉

Seafront Walk, Pier & Beach Huts...

Visit from my brother, so we decided to walk along the seafront to Bexhill and back yesterday, on our way we had a wander to the end of the Pier and back, quite a lot of Gull poo, I'd think it would be a wee bit nasty if wet, but luckily nice and dry! Great to be able to extend the promenade over the sea again... but it was closed by the time we returned, just after 5.30 pm, sadly, as we were going to have another wander along to the end, had to visit the Jolly Fisherman instead!

Oh yes, and apparently one of the animals of Gulzar's pier is missing, a pony, though Dan was impressed with the hippopotamus, so much so he took a photograph for his youngest daughter... and the Elk with golden testicles remains!

And the St Leonards/Azur beach huts are back from their annual winter retreat at Bulverhythe, as happens every spring (last years blog), lovely...

I told you so!

OK, not big news, but I did suggest yesterday (blog) that the Azur/St Leonards beach huts were returning from their winter retreat at Bulverhythe, well there 6 of them are! This was this morning, so I carried on up to Bulverhythe and guess what I saw?

Well the lorry with its wee crane, you can just see in the first photograph, arrived as I did at Bulverhythe, here they are picking up the seventh beach hut, then another one, and only two left, when I left the scene. So they're arriving two by two at St Leonards, no doubt all already there before I wrote this (I did have a pint at the White Rock Hotel on my way home, cheers!).

And no idea why the toilets there aren't open, they weren't open the other day I passed by either, what's going on Hastings Borough Council, waiting for April the 1st?

A wander along the Seafront

The annual moving the shale around to help reclaim the beach at St Leonards, OK, not as nice weather as this actually, I took this photograph 4 years ago, but...

It still needs to be done, the result of storms throughout the year, particularly during the winter just ended, so, this weekend's effort, and what a difference blue sky makes!

And where the Azur/St Leonards beach huts return to every year has been cleared too, so I'm guessing they will be returning soon from their winter rest at Bulverhythe...

Last Sunday, and the Pipe Band who played before the start of the Hastings Half Marathon, with the 5 of 6 caravans I've previously mentioned shifted to the corner of the car parking in the background of the photograph.

And they're still there, very cosy!

Fisherman's Rolls coming back? Beach Huts gone!

Sadly, since Pat and Tush retired, I haven't eaten one of these, a Fishermen's Roll, but, when I was wandering round at the back of Rock-a-Nore Road, I saw Tush's old hut door open, and, lo and behold, there was Johnny Swan filleting small plaice! All I can say is, expect to see Fishermen's Rolls supplied from John's place very soon...

I noticed yesterday that the beach huts by the Azur Pavilion, St Leonards, had done a flit again, so I decided to carry on walking down to Bulverhythe...

Where I saw the beach huts nicely cuddled together for the winter break, it's good to see many things just do not change, very reassuring! 😌 

More beach huts!

More beach huts east of the Pier?!? I've not seen anyone occupy those at St Leonards, west of the Azur Pavilion, opposite the Royal Victoria Hotel, yet, this year!

Beach Huts leave their winter refuge...

Okay, in retrospect, maybe I should have been aware a wee bit earlier, but I only noticed whilst walking by the public toilets near Bulverhythe, ie the winter refuge for the St Leonards/Azur beach huts, which were now missing!

Wondering if I had missed them earlier as I had been walking along the upper promenade, or whether they had been taken away to carry out some work on them, on my way back I found they had been placed back in their summer position... It was confirmed by a local dog walker that they had been here for a few days, so I had missed them earlier in the morning, however, another sign that summer is on the way, a bit like primroses 😎