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

The Bale House: Cost of Living Menu!

Already serving up excellent value meals, the Grumpy Cook at The Bale House Visitors Centre, which I blogged was opening last year, is introducing, from the 21st of November, a remarkably great value Cost of Living Menu (above). This is at Hastings Country Park, Lower Coastguards Lane, Fairlight TN35 4AD (facebook).

A friend commented that people who need help are unlikely to visit here, but why not? What a great reason to walk across our wonderful Hastings Country Park, thus improving fitness and health, and with a good value meal to boot, great stuff!

The Bale House 'Visitors' Centre' Opens Tomorrow!

Tomorrow, Monday the 19th of July, the new visitors' centre for Hastings Country Park, The Bale House, is due to open at Fairlight (HBC), I look forward to visiting soon. 😊

Crossing Hastings Country Park New Signs etc...

Yes, I'm still wandering backwards and forwards across Hastings Country Park when I have the time, which I do my best to ensure as much as possible, and new signs have appeared here and there, notably at the east and west ends, eg up at the top of the steps on the East Hill (above). 

And I'm still 'spotting' birds this year too, Dunnocks and Stonechats aplenty over the east end of the Park, as well as the more regular Robins and Blackbirds singing away right across the Park, and Blue Tits and Great Tits too, not to forget the 2 Goldfinches I saw recently, and a Jay too (although that was in Alexandra Park 😉).

And a new sign has been erected at the east end of the Park, at last!

A closer look of the information provided, and close by is the...

... new Hastings Country Park Visitor Centre at Fairlight (HBC website), made of straw, and funded by the European Union, one of our final grants from them I'd imagine, and part of their UP STRAW programme (website). Apparently due to open at the end of this month, behind time, whatever, The Bale House should open this summer, a wee bit delayed because of, guess what, the COVID-19 Crisis...

I do love Hastings Country Park!