Easter Treats…

We had a good and busy Easter break this year.

On Good Friday we went out on the annual walk with the Westcott Local History Group that ended at the old St John theEvangelist church at Wotton where we had a talk and could view the Evelyn family chapel (John Evelyn the diarist). After that we had a lovely lunch with Sue’s mum and sister at Viva in Dorking. 

On Saturday we took the train to Brighton, which consisted of a couple of changes and ended up standing all the way from Gatwick to Brighton after a signal failure caused a train to be cancelled. Anyway we got there and deposited our bags at the nearby Ibis hotel (hugely inflated Bank Holiday rates) and ventured out into the busy North Lanes. We ate at the friendly Bill’s Restaurant.

We had tickets to see the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club with the remaining members of this band performing what that called their Adios tour. It was an amazing night with many standing ovations for the elderly but enthusiastic and talented group supported by new younger members and an opening act called the Family Atlantica. after this we had a nightcap at the Colonnade Bar and chatted with a few couples who had been at the concert and had visited Cuba (a place on my bucket list).

  

The morning was bright and inviting so we walked down to the sea and bumped into a couple of friends who had recently moved to Brighton so we caught up over a coffee. We then went back to the hotel for to freshen up and checked out heading out for brunch in the South Lanes. Unfortunately the place we chose seemed to be having a problem in the kitchen and the meals took ages to come and we ended up eating at different times. After some more wandering around the lanes we ended up at the Three Jolly Butchers where they had a talented jazz duo playing guitars.

  

The return train journey was faster and more comfortable and we ended up in Dorking in time to eat at the Red Bar & Lounge (a delicious pizza from the Pizza Galore mobile wood fired pizzeria parked outside) before the punk inspired folk act The Salts performed their lively versions of traditional and new songs.

Monday we recovered with some physical labour out in the kitchen garden preparing for the spring crops to go in. The sun was shining and we felt better for the vitamin D, though our muscles ached after the exertions and we flopped in front of the TV in the evening.