December 22nd 2025. The Stade. Hastings.
One of my most photogenic birthdays, even if one of the dullest.
The next post-lunch stretch takes us from the brutalism of Sports Direct in Hastings New Town, past that iconic view of Pelham Crescent’s amusement arcades with the castle ruins behind,
through the mini-golf and swan boats and wheel from which, at the top, you can see France,
to the Stade.
“Europe’s biggest fleet of beach launched fishing boats” it says. Who knew ?
Great unfussy strolling. Is this a pub sign ?
Hardly any commercial activity, respecting the sanctity of my birthday no doubt, and even the fascinating museums are free.
Love these old Net Shops used to store the fishing gear,
but the whole site is a gem.
Staggeringly, the Half Sovereign is NOT a (micro) pub.
So about time we found one of those, then.
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