Intermittent Wi-Fi

Holidaying in Rye Harbour and my portable router only has intermittent reception so will probably have to wait until I get home on Wednesday to post about the trip. If this works here is a pic of our holiday home 'Harbour Lights'.

Packed and Ready...

We are packed and ready to go tomorrow. A pleasant drive along the Sussex coast to Rye Harbour and 'Harbour Lights' cottage, our 'home' for the next five days. Plenty of R&R, birding, seafood, good wine, real ale, single malts, books, music, local pubs, beach-combing, antique shops, shoe shops (Ros only), book shops, Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, wellingtons, Tilley hats, Barbour coats, OS maps... and perhaps an umbrella!

Location, Location...

The cottage we have booked for a late September break is situated at Rye Harbour and overlooks Rye Harbour Nature Reserve . Perfect for autumnal walks and bird-watching. One other bonus: Harbour Lights cottage is just a few doors away from the William the Conqueror pub, a Shepherd Neame house.

Shepherd Neame is Britain's oldest brewer, based in Faversham, Kent since 1698 and brews a range of quintessentially Kentish ales including Spitfire  Bishops Finger and Master Brew as well as award-winning lagers, including Samuel Adams Boston Lager and Asahi. Being a Man of Kent and a lover of fine ales I find this most acceptable.

All I need to do now is tell my wife....

Picture Postcard "Harbour Lights"

September is a good month to visit Rye in Sussex. Particularly if you enjoy bird-watching. And I have just booked a holiday at this delightful cottage "Harbour Lights" for late September. The perfect time for Autumn arrivals of so many of our birds that overwinter here.

Harbour Lights is a small, modernised fisherman's cottage, a Grade II listed building dating from the late eighteenth century and situated in the fishing and yachting village of Rye Harbour. It is right on the harbour "front" which consists of half a dozen picturesque cottages and the William The Conqueror pub. It is a stone's throw from the tidal River Rother and the RNLI lifeboat station, and not far from the Rye Harbour Nature Reserve (of particular interest to me for the bird-watching opportunities). The sea is about half a mile away, approached on the Rye Harbour side by a gated road which prevents access by cars. Thus the beach (part shingle, part sand) does not get very crowded. Westward, extensive shingle, grazing land and marsh provide open country walking to Winchelsea. The sands at Camber are five miles away by road.

So, there we have it. Autumnal days strolling the beach, searching rock pools, bird-watching and generally chilling out with a few good books, good food, a wee dram or two and quiet nights....