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This is an inscription on Spike Milligan's headstone in Winchelsea Catholic church. The miserable church authorities would not allow the wording he wanted “I told you I was ill” so it was written in Gaelic instead, perhaps God doesn’t understand Gaelic so would not notice!
Today, being literary people (It will Never Catch on – still available on Amazon), we visited Lamb House in Rye which was the home of a number of famous writers including Henry James and A.C. Benson (who wrote the words to Land of Hope and Glory) and is now a museum dedicated to writers.
However, it’s most famous guest was King George I whose ship was washed ashore close by in 1726 and as this house was the most comfortable in Rye he was offered the main bedroom for the night (he actually stayed four).
The sacrifice made by the owners, the Lambs, was considerable as Mrs Lamb was in labour and gave birth that night! King George did agree to be the child’s godfather in return. It is a very nice example of an 18th century town house and guess what, it is owned by the National Trust so another £17 “saved”.
We also visited Hastings and had a pleasant walk round the Old Town.
Most towns on this part of the south coast have nice harbours where the fishing fleet can moor up safely but Hastings has never taken the easy route and the boats, some of which are quite large, are hauled up onto the shingle beach. In bad weather this is quite dangerous and probably breaches all sorts of health and safety rules but of course it is a “tradition”.
There are also some picturesque fishermen's huts which were used for drying and storing nets but with the advent of nylon they are no longer used for nets but many have been listed therefore preventing them from becoming trendy shops or accommodation. Picture below.
As you can see our car was blessed by a seagull, not ideal on a soft top which is hard to clean. We are praying for rain tomorrow to wash it off.
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