alainaflute
Greg
Jody
E.G.D.This is one of our favorite beach blogs: The Coastal Path ~ One family’s walk around the coast of Britain. This week the family is touring the Brighton Pier and Brighton’s fabulous shingle beach (a beach which is formed of pebbles). By the way, don’t even think about collecting those beach pebbles! Brighton’s Seafront Officer once told me: “We do not allow stone collections from the beach unfortunately. This is because we need to maintain the level of shingle on the beach to assist with coastal defence, so for this reason it is not permitted.“
~ Oh well, there are plenty of other beaches to comb!
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You can read our family’s very own Brighton Beach memoir here: Brighton ~ A Top 10 British Memory.
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We left the Brighton Wheel and headed off up the pier for the rides. Brighton Pier started off life as the Palace Pier, built in 1823 to service passenger ships arriving from Dieppe. Over the years it grew and grew into the attraction it is today. I was quite astonished to find that over its long history it has not once been destroyed by fire, flood, or fractious young fellows with far-fetched foibles (ie kids with matches). Compared to many of its brethren, Brighton Pier has fared well over the years.
As we walked up there were good views back to the east.
What we were really looking for, however, were the rides. My wife and aunt decided they were far too mature for such juvenile delights and left the kids and I to our childishness. It was quite fun, really…
…although some of us got a little wet…
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