Brighton Travel Blogs

6am-We frantically ran into Liverpool street station and went straight to the ticket booth to purchase our tickets! The guy behind the counter tells us that trains to Brighton don't leave from Liverpool. Damn. Oh well, the tube is open so hopped onto the circle line and went to King's Cross. First …

So we stayed up all night and at 5:30am we deside to go to Brighton! so we fecking well did! by just gone 8am we were on the Brigton beech having a blast in the brilliant weather! this was one of the most spontanious things ive ever done i think!

So we get to Liverpool Street station and head to the ticket booths. We ask the man we want to go Brighton, but he tells us it only goes from Kings Cross, London Bridge or Victoria. So we get on the train an head to Kings Cross as its the closest station to go to! We get to kings cross just past 6…

An Introduction : Just a brief word here before I continue on my journey in earnest.  So yep, time to tackle the world and for the most part imagine I will be doing this mostly solo but meeting some fabulous and funky people along the way.  At the time of writing I am glad to say this…

I opened my eyes.  The tiny voice had been right... Ouch.  No, really man, Ouch.  I got up.  Ouch.  I put the kettle on, and peeked outside the window.  Really, really, ouch.  I had three cups of coffee at breakfast and started to feel human.  Actually, th…

"Oh I do love to be beside the seaside, I doooo love to be besides the seeeeea..."I love Brighton.  I often refer to it as my 'soul city' when waxing lyrical, and while my connection with the place is strong I know I have not made the most of living near such a cosmopolitan, vibrant place duri…

Portsmouth, Dorset, Arundel, Isle of Wight, Chester, London, and the list goes on...

BRIGHTON PIER: The New brighton Promenade was built in 1867, its was opend on the 7th september, 1867 and completed on the 9th April 1868. It was 550 feet long and 70 feet wide. The pier was closed in 1923 and four years later the Wallasey Corporation became its owner and re-opened it with its ow…

Brighton... my heart beats faster when I think of it, it was so great! The sea, the beach and parties! Two days to experience the town and I felt in love with it... I will come back there in summer! The beach is different than the French ones where I always go (Morbihan, west of France in Britany…

We had made couple of trips to London in the previous year to visit my buddies. This time we decided to explore other cities or county beside London. I ever heard something about Brighton, and that make me curious especially the pebble beach.Pebbles? How is it like laying on the pebble beach? I hav…

The size and scale of the sandcastles were extensive. Thousands of hours had been spent shipping over special sand and many people helped to create a set of wonderful sand sculptures worthy of the kings of Egypt themselves. As this acient culture is one i have an interset in and teach to children i…

I got to go to Brighton with Nikki today! It was soooo fun!!! Since Nikki came through Arcadia, and they have all these extra things that you get to do through that package, I got to sneak onto their trip to Brighton for only a fiver. Awesome. The morning was HECTIC. We left later than we…

My first trip outside of the USA (for 3 weeks!) ~ we got to see England, Scotland, France, and Spain. Oh, and saw a few TBs along the way, also.

I never plan anything... it just happens.

So we began our road trip, learning the road rules as we went. There are classes of roads - M for motorway, A roads, B roads, and then country-type lanes, which are hedgelined death traps, only really wide enough for one car but people hoon along them anyway, somehow avoiding crashing! We both ha…