5 Years On!

5 years ago today I did my best to be positive, and got out early in the morning, and it was very quiet indeed, because it was the first day of the first Covid Lockdown (blog). Plenty has happened since then, and Covid is still with us, but in a much less threatening way, and I'm keeping up with the vaccinations, which seem to have helped. Keeping up my positivity, I actually made myself healthier over the following months, pubs being closed helped with that, but also my virtually daily morning walks, mostly across Hastings Countryside Park, helped enormously, and quite wonderful weather that year facilitated too.

Coincidentally, Peacocks in Queens Road had it's last day on the Saturday (blog), as if having had a premonition, but much more to do with the arrival of Primark to Hastings. Oh yes, and for a different reason, the 2020 Hastings Half Marathon had been cancelled too (blog), a virus and explosive chemicals 5 years apart, hmmm... make hay whilst the sun shines folks!

Strange Bale House Decision!

Recently, the Grumpy Cook stopped trading at the Bale House, up on Hastings Countryside Park at Fairlight, when their agreement was terminated, very strange too! I'll copy & paste what the Grumpy Cook say, and this link gets you to an online petition that was set up by customers from Hastings and Fairlight, and tells you what they think. Sign if you agree, and please pass on the message, many thanks!

Dear all

As some of you will know we have recently stopped trading at The Bale House.

It has now been confirmed by Groundworks South who operate The Bale House that our agreement with them has been terminated.

The reason given is I failed to inform them that I transferred from a Ltd Company to a Community Interest Company (Not for Profit)

In essence transferring to almost charity status and putting all of our profits to helping the people of Hastings is obviously a very bad thing to do.

That aside the team and I would like to thank all of the customers who have visited us for nearly three years and indeed many of you are now friends. We are terribly sad it has ended this way, and as they say life goes on.

We will still be trading and doing our work from our cafe in the town centre, so it’s not goodbye it’s just cheerio from the Bale House.

Take care and we hope to see you soon in town…our work continues.

Team Grumpy x