Having cycled along the Solent to Pompey – we set out Brighton bound one sunny Sunday morning in the merry month of May.
Heading for the Hayling Island Ferry.
Determined to make good time as we had an appointment a Pallant House, we pedalled purposefully along the Hayling Billy Line.
Ever onward, passing several examples of well kept, post war houses and former tin tabs.
We eventually rolled into Chichester, finding our way to the gallery which I had previously only ever dreamt of visiting.
What wonders await at Pallant House?
Inside we found the best of Twentieth Century British Art, displayed in period surroundings.
Suitably satiated we sat headed further east – to Bognor and beyond!
Reynolds Furniture Depository and a crowded Bank Holiday weekend seafront.
Since 1867 Reynolds has grown from a small shop to the largest furniture store in Sussex, with over 30,000 sq ft on four floors.
The Funeral Service now has three offices in Bognor Regis, Chichester and Littlehampton and the purpose built storage facility in Canada Grove continues to thrive.
We soon found ourselves in Felpham, amongst yet more interesting housing.
We traversed the River Arun at Littlehampton.
Then meshed with the milieu on the prom.
Finding our way back to the coast through the Kingston Gorse Estate – where almost everything is comprehensively prohibited.
Kingston Gorse is a beautiful seaside location close to Goring-by-Sea in West Sussex. In Kingston Gorse, there is a gorgeous housing development with a number of three, four and five bedroom homes.
In 1918 JA Candy, who owned East Kingston Farm, sold the land on which Kingston Gorse now stands to the local builder G Pesket.
In the 1920s he constructed the infrastructure and developed approx. 30 plots including Imray, which he occupied.
The estate was once home to Bud Flanagan who then sold his house to Teddy Knox.
The Crazy Gang Bud Flanagan Jimmy Nervo Teddy Knox Charlie Naughton Jimmy Gold
by Cecil Beaton
Proceeding towards our overnight digs more than somewhat weary – it’s been a long day.
There are more snaps here taken on my previous trip.
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