Drive from Dover to Hastings

Packed and loaded the Mercedes and off to Hastings. Breakfast in a small cafe called The Grumpy Cook! A non profit who has specials for 2£ or free no questions asked. They also do a senior tea for locals and homeless each day!
We had cappuccinos, toast with avocado + scramble eggs + cheese, and Grumpy breakfast with eggs, beans, tomatoes, toast, sausages. And of course a piece of carrot cake for breakfast dessert!!
Every restaurant, pub, cafe, coffee shop etc has asked us about food allergies prior to ordering. We have found this to be a very helpful guide and interesting. 🧐

Hastings is a town on England’s southeast coast. It's known for the 1066 Battle of Hastings, fought on a nearby field where Battle Abbey now stands. The Norman ruins of Hastings Castle, once home to William the Conqueror, overlook the English Channel. East along the shingle seafront of Stade beach, Hastings Fishermen’s Museum and Shipwreck Museum document maritime history. The Jerwood Gallery shows contemporary art.

The start of the Norman Conquest was the Battle of Hastings, fought on 14 October 1066, although the battle itself took place 6 mi (9.7 km) to the northwest at Senlac Hill. William had landed on the coast between Hastings and Eastbourne at Pevensey. It is thought that the Norman encampment was on the town's outskirts, where there was open ground; a new town was already being built in the valley to the east. That "New Burgh" was founded in 1069 and is mentioned in the Domesday Book as such. William defeated and killed Harold Godwinson, the last Saxon King of England, and destroyed his army, opening England to the Norman conquest. Czytaj więcej