digitalbugsy

Only in England would you find a beach with a games arcade and amusement park on a pier by the beach. You need something to do when its not sunny and/or windy as hell which, funnily enough, describes pretty much every time you go to the seaside.

Brighton is a prime example. Stony beach, fish-and-chips, and the almighty Brighton Pier.

The pier was fantastic. We threw money into those claw machines that you never win at - though we almost won I might add, if only we had another £50 to throw in it we would have that £5 stuffed monkey; a little bit of Daytona car racing - which I turned out to not be as good at as I remember, I got beaten by a girl!; and the dreaded Crazy Mouse Roller Coaster - I must say that that was the most unsafe feeling experience I have ever had… The whole time I was waiting for the ‘Mouse’ to fall off the side and into the depths below - it didn’t but there was no way I was going near it again!

We sat on the beach for a bit… I wasn’t expecting the rocks to be so damned comfortable! I could’ve lain there all day, apart from the wind and cold of course… maybe I need to just harden up. I got a typical picture or two of some empty deck chairs and we went along our way to find some traditional beach side fish and chips…

All I can say about fish and chips is imagine the very worst you have had in New Zealand, and that is the best you are going to get here. It was an insanely big fillet of cod, the mankiest fish in the sea, and chips that tasted like they had been fried in old engine oil. Moral of the story - just because a country invents something, it doesn’t mean it does it best…

Photos here.