Worthing

We had a lovely Easter weekend in Worthing: I didn't touch a computer for over 72 hours! The weather was a tad blustery, but we had a few walks up and down the beach regardless. Many of the highlights involved food... ;-)

We highly recommend Bryce's Seafood Brasserie, for gorgeous food at very reasonable prices and extremely good service

The Pizzaria on Warwick stree (I think Pomodoro Mozzarella) for their calzone, and their amaretti-biscuit-with-rum-and-dark-chocolate-ice-cream...

Liming Grill/Restaurant for their Sangria and sharing platter

A lovely cake shop called Marguerite's on Warwick Street which opened about a week ago... gorgeous little dark truffle chocolate cakes and a lovely proprietess.

It was great to be out of London for a few days -- I didn't see a single police car. Managed to read the whole of Celia Friedman's Feast of Souls, a gripping dark fantasy with strong characters, an intriguing world and compelling themes. Also read Jostein Gaarder's The Ringmaster's Daughter which I enjoyed but which seemed a little thin somehow. (The plot seemed claustrophobic, but perhaps that was intentional...)

The Connaught Theatre was a wonderful venue to see a film in: we paid the extra £1 each to have a box! Same price as our local Peckham Multiplex, but considerably nicer. I wish I'd not insisted on seeing There Will Be Blood, though, as despite the many Oscar nominations, neither of us found it as interesting as hoped ... we both agreed that cutting about an hour out the middle of it would have helped. I think I should resign myself to having very low-brow taste in films.

We felt very welcome at Cornerstone Methodist on Easter morning, and if we'd known about their cafe earlier in the week, probably would have popped in for a coffee. A lovely Church building and congregation, and a joyful Easter service.

All in all, a great break. :-)