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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Brighton

The favourite seaside town has been a place to take the sea air for centuries. George the Prince Regent built his pleasure house pavillion here. Unfortunately no photography was allowed inside, the decor was rather overwhelming and burst from the ceilings and walls in pseudo-oriental abandon. Here are some details of the outside, once again, a portion of which was in scaffolding!




Our hotel turned out to be one of the most impressive buildings on the front.


Brighton used to have two piers but one burned to just a shell. The Skylark used to take people between the piers. I wonder if we found it, or is every other boat in Brighton called Skylark...