Arundel

Back to the coast again for another weekend of adventure, off to Arundel. Once again I had Alan as a tour guide. We walked through the town and it is a beutiful little town. All the buildings look old and Victorian - really gorgeous. On our way up to Arundel estate we passed the Cathedral. These days it seem most churches remind me of Notre Dame, they all seem to have gargoyles and large round rose windows. Still pretty though.

Arundel estate is huge. Everything is so quiet and peaceful, relaxing and just so beautiful. The first thing we came up to when were on the estate is Hiorne Castle. It is a triangular shape. The ghost story regarding Hiorne Castle is that a girl was supposed to meet her love there but he never showed, after much pain and suffering she went back to the castle and threw herself off the top. Apparently you can sometimes still see her looking for her lost love.

We then made our way around Swanbourne Lake and found ourselves a picnic spot. While we were relaxing in the on again off again sun we nearly got attacked by Milo a gorgeous dog that ran off during his walk. The view was once again tremendous. A great way to picnic.

We eventually decided that we had been lazy for long enough and headed off to The Black Rabbit for a pint. This may start sounding a bit repetitive but we had a beautiful view of Arundel Castle from our table outside the pub.

After our drinks we made our way back into town to catch the bus back to Little Hampton(where Alan stays). Below are some pics on our way. We didnt get an opportunity to go into Arundel Castle but I got a pic from the outside. I also took a pic of the post office - if I ever decided to have my own post office I would want it to look like this.

In the town there was also the ruins of the old friary, I was trying to pose as a princess lost in a lonesome castle. What you think? Do I have potential as a future lonely princess?

While waiting for the bus Alan and I took a pic - it is supposed to have the bridge and river in the background but after the third pic I decided that we were not gonna get a background.

Sunday before I headed back to London we walked to Alan's local to watch SA vs Fiji. There are lots of houses for Sale in Little Hampton and they tend to stand out alot cos it seems the main estate agent is a guy called George Butt. His signage focuses on his surname though so I decided to include a pic of Butt for sale.