Happy Christmas Strollers!

We had wonderful clear (if cold) weather for our Bexhill walk; thanks to the two ladies who were so helpful with directions to the 1066 route.

No walk in December, as all our calendars are full but our projected walks for 2011 are:

January - exploring the town of Rye

February - ditto Winchelsea

March - the delayed Pett Level Walk -

Wide Open: Pett Level to the Military Canal - 27 July 2010

Next Walk - Tuesday, 23rd November - Bexhill Circular Walk

Where does the time go? This walk will not be recce'd, unless someone else volunteers to do so. (Due to tempus fugit!) May need some help interpreting directions at times!

The walk is about 6 miles and includes fields and farmland, hedgerow remains of ancient woodland, and maybe rock pools - need to check the tides!

Meeting time will be 10.30 on the forecourt at Bexhill Station, bus from Hastings is the 99, which leaves Hastings in Havelock Road (or the station) every 30 minutes. I will confirm and get back to you on the minutes past the hour!

*Have done so - see below

Times

Buses: 99 Havelock Road (G) 09.55 Arrives 10.25
98 Havelock Road (G) 09.36 Arrives 10.17 (Goes all round the houses, but enjoyable on a pleasant day.)

Southern service from Ore to Brighton

10:14	Hastings [HGS]	Bexhill [BEX]	10:23	0h 09m	0			2
10:26	Hastings [HGS]	Bexhill [BEX]	10:35

East Hill Walk 26th October 2010

This is a 'not so arduous' East Hill/Country Park ramble, avoiding the up and down cliff steps. Well, once we've climbed the steps as the lift is only open at weekends from now until I think March.

Meet at the bottom of Tackleway steps at 10, trekking sticks a good idea. The 20A bus will drop you at either The Cutter or around the corner at Roebuck St. Walk up The Bourne, take Courthouse Street on your left, and cross over Tackleway to the steps (or come up Tamarisk Steps from The Front. (Avert your eyes from the mess that is currently The Stade)

Arcadia – a new installation about Hastings Pier, from Friday 5thNovember

The recent devastation of Hastings Pier will cast a poignant light on an exhibition opening in Hastings Town Centre in November. Arcadia is a long-planned installation by St. Leonard’s artist, Danny Pockets, exploring the glory and vulnerability of the pier and examines its social and physical architecture. The work is the winning submission to the new Sussex Coast College Art Prize, which is run by Sussex Coast College Hastings with support from the Jerwood Foundation. The show is under construction in the Circle Gallery at Sussex Coast College Hastings. Arcadia launches with a private viewing on 5thNovember and will be open to the public from Monday 8th November.

Hastings Week coming up and we are all devastated!

It is hard to know what to say - we have all been fighting so hard to keep our pier and at last there seemed a glimmer of hope on the horizon - now this. Hastings Pier & White Rock Trust – HPWRT

VIDEO: Firefighters tackle Hastings Pier blaze

VIDEO: Hastings Pier destroyed

CLICK HERE for links to every Hastings Pier story you need

Welcome to The Old Town · Hastings

If you're looking for a shopping experience that offers something a little different pop down to the The Old Town in Hastings where you will find a wide range of indpendent shops, galleries and boutiques offering unique products you just won't find anywhere else.

Add to that the interesting surroundings and bohemian atmosphere and we are sure you will want to keep coming back!

Take a look at what's on offer

and while you are there pop into The Hastings History House, 21 Courthouse Street for historical information, displays and exhibitions, informed talks, enthusiastic chat, local history books and secondhand books, many for 50p.

Open 11 - 4, Thursdays - Sundays and on special occasions

Hastings Week - 9th - 17th October, 2010

HASTINGS DAY - the 944th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings - 14th October

EVENTS - http://www.1066.net/hastings-week/events10.htm