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Beachy Head Marathon 2013 Raises £6300 for Local Charities
On Tuesday 21 January the Mayor of Eastbourne, Cllr Mike Thompson, will present cheques to the voluntary groups and charities who assisted with the Beachy Head Marathon in 2013. A total of £6300 was raised, showing a 12% increase on the previous year, and will be divided between the following voluntary organisations and charities: Rotary…
Beachy Head Holiday Cottages Recommended in The Times
Beachy Head Holiday Cottages have been recommended in a travel article in The Times. The article, which appeared on Saturday 7 December in the section “A Good Walk”, features a walk around Alfriston and the Cuckmere River. Beachy Head Holiday Cottages is recommended as local accommodation for walkers, and described as “superbly run and very…
Beachy Head features in David Dimbleby programme
A Starring Role for Beachy Head In David Dimbleby’s Britain and the Sea Beachy Head and the cliffs of the Seven Sisters, just along the coast from Eastbourne, feature to spectacular effect in the BBC television programme Britain and the Sea. In the second episode, shown on Sunday 24th November, well-known TV presenter David Dimbleby…
50th Anniversary of Doctor Who: Doctor Who The War Games Filmed in East Dean
With the focus currently on the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who, it recently came to light that part of the series Doctor Who The War Games was filmed in East Dean and the surrounding area. The series was the last one starring the second incarnation of The Doctor Patrick Troughton and was filmed in Spring…
Legless Rambler Makes It to the Top
Beachy Head Brewery: Success at Eastbourne Beer Festival 2013 Roger Green and his team from the Beachy Head Brewery have beaten off strong competition to win CAMRA’s Best Micro Brewery Beer at this year’s Eastbourne Beer Festival with their fine ale “Legless Rambler”. The Beer Festival, which was held over three days 10 – 12…
New National Trust Café and Shop at Birling Gap
The new National Trust café, shop and information centre at Birling Gap are now open for business. The café offers a comfy seating area, delicious food and beautiful views of the sea, plus an ice-cream parlour serving local Sussex ice-cream. In the shop visitors can find locally sourced items and seaside goods, together with traditional…
Award-winning Ales from The Beachy Head Brewery…
…return to Eastbourne Beer Festival, 10 – 12 October 2013 “The Famous Christmas Ale” from the Beachy Head Brewery, which won Best Beer from a Micro Brewery in 2012, is returning to the Eastbourne Beer Festival this year. The Brewery’s “Legless Rambler”, “Southdown Ale” and “Original Ale” will also be amongst the 120 real ales…
Glyndebourne Tour 2013
For those who were unable to get tickets to the Glyndebourne Festival this summer, the Glyndebourne Tour 2013 is a wonderful opportunity to see some superb opera in the unique surroundings of Glyndebourne itself and subsequently at a series of venues around the country. The Glyndebourne Tour will be at Glyndebourne from 6th October 2013,…
Mark the Gardener: Blog 9
W.B. Yeats said “ Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.” Mark the Gardener says “Tread carefully for you tread on my onions.” Ms Can-Do Says “If I was single, I’d live on cake.” The garden is at full production at the moment, here are just some of the crops currently being enjoyed: Radishes,…