Get up nice and early. This may necessitate having breakfast on the train. Do not dawdle (or allow companion to to be distracted by the WIDE AND AMAZING selection of newspaper 6 minutes before train is due to depart).
Arrive at Fun Day Out Seaside Destination!
Rally against pissy misty rain that soaks into EVERYTHING. Including freshly straightened hair. Resolve to avoid all reflective surfaces for duration of day.
Visit pier. Contemplate the irony of the ‘Unique Wedding Experience’ available on pier. So unique that a pergola and ‘just married’ seaside comedy photo props are also available.
NB: winning £4 on poker machine does wonders for ones state of mind.
Allow several moments of conversation to ponder if this is where dreams come to die.
Or perhaps that Victor Hugo was right: ‘everything being a constant carnival, there is no carnival left’.
Wander through slippery cobbled lanes. Resolve to not fall on arse.
Resolve to find somewhere nice for lunch instead of soggy fish ‘n’ chips in rain with squillion damp shoppers.
Discover glory of Riddle & Finns Champagne & Oyster Bar in tiny corner of lanes. Order champagne. And seafood chowder. Allow loveliness of candles and flavours and company to soak in as deeply as sodding rain.
Breathe.
Wander through streets as if renewed; warm and full of noms. Discover awesome second hand bookshop. Browse in the quiet basement. Spend £4 winnings on ‘The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1918′. Allow self mental fist-pump at literary discovery.
Get early train home.
Make hot cup of tea.
Comments
Perfect, just perfect.
Wowzers, the photos you’ve taken are amazing! And just think, if it had been a beautifully sunny day you might never have discovered your perfect lunch or your lovely new book :)
sas Replied:
all credit goes to Instagram app filters – but thank you lovely.
and yes, completely right, was a good day out all things considered.
Brighton? Horizontal rain? Yah, once I nearly drowned on the crazy golf course.
Bravo!
Excellent instructions, tho having them numbered may further clarify, as taking them out of order could result in a massively suboptimal day. Eg champaign before wondering about dead dreams
Hi!
Just stopped by to thank you for leaving a comment on my blog-post-review-of-crappy-2010 that you read via Sundry…
And then I read through some of your archives and I love the way you write!
Plus, this last post brings back many happy memories of my teenage self feeling grown-up and independent on my day trips (without my parents!) to Brighton (I grew up nearish to Chichester – Brighton was THE BIG CITY)… Haven’t been back since I was about 21 (now many, many moons ago), so may have idealised the place, but your photos conjure up all the beauty and charm I remember…
I wish you and those you love a very happy, loving, loved 2011!
sas Replied:
it was absolutely charming in parts. others were craptastic.
thanks for dropping by :)
Wish i could have hung out with you, sounded great to me.
We just finally got snow we so much needed and i couldnt be happier