Our first four days in Brighton were hot and sunny, an unusual welcome to the English Channel coast. One day was very hot, but the rocky beach deterred me from jumping into the sea: hard on the bare feet. A couple days later, I bought rubber-soled shoes with cloth uppers that tie, for about 12 dollars. Now I can join the waders, swimmers, kite surfers, and sail boaters in this wavy sea that reflects whatever color the sky is.
Where we house sit is a ten-minute walk from the waves, and the other day I walked in the other direction, to St. Nicholas Church, built in the 1200s. The nearby Chichester Cathedral is as old, but I did not see it. St. Nicholas began before 1100, not long after the Norman French conquest of England in 1066. History is steep here, but this resort city glitters with tourist shops and cafes to serve the Londoners who come for fun.
This week's highlight was a play version of Sense and Sensibility, Jane Austen's early-1800s novel. The play was on an outdoor stage.
Alas, clouds have formed, not surprisingly; but our Saturday day trip to London will be mostly out of the weather, either in trains or in that city's fabulous, free art galleries and museums. Have photos from our Friday visit to an arts and craft and local history museum in Hove, the city where we are staying, beside Brighton, where barbed wire and anti-aircraft guns lined the beach during World War Two.
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