Having a rare bank holiday off work, my friends and I decided we'd escape the hectic bustle of London and run away to the seaside for the day.
And escape we did! We jumped on the train at Kings Cross and raced through the British countryside on a sleepy Monday morning all the way to the south coast. And in not too much more than an hour (cannot believe we haven't done this before!) we reached Brighton, with its salty breeze and sparkling sea.
We jumped off the train with so much childish excitement I think we surprised some of the other passengers, and literally squealed with delight that it was so sunny and warm! The unpredictable British weather had thankfully been kind to us!
We ran down the street towards the beach and we could see the sea glistening in the horizon as we approached - just beckoning us to hurry up.
We passed some boats on the way!
When we reached the lovely pebble beach we found a spot and camped down for the afternoon to enjoy the sun and simply relax as the waves crashed near our feet.
After a bit of snoozing and then some splashing around in the (rather icy) water, we decided that food was probably a good idea. So we set off in search of something suitably seaside-ish.
Harry Ramsden's was the obvious answer with it's world famous fish and chips. We toasted to our successful escape and sampled as much as we could from their menu.
It was all absolutely delicious and it seemed that once we'd started eating we couldn't stop!
Our next stop was Brighton Pier where we proceeded to stuff ourselves with candy floss and toffee apples. We were simply kidding ourselves when we thought that 'dance off' in the arcade might help us burn some of it off!
As if that wasn't enough calories for the day, the chocoholic among our group (not me for once) took us to to Choccywoccydoodah. Essentially heaven for chocolate lovers. Everything here is made of chocolate. There is even a chocolate boudoir!
When we sat down in their exclusive café, I was so spoilt for choice from hot chocolate to chocolate popcorn to cake to brownies, I felt like my head was spinning in chocolate soup!
We eventually settled on their dipping pots, which come with a little bit of everything you would want to dip into molten chocolate! And we dipped, dunked and scooped our way through two of those bad boys!
For future reference- this is not a good idea immediately prior to running up a hill to catch your train home!
Somehow we managed to drag our (considerably heavier)-selves up the hill and just made our train rather (un)fortunately! It was a shame that our adventures had to come to an end and that we couldn't stay to enjoy more of this picturesque seaside town, but now that I know how easy it is to get here I'm sure I'll be escaping here again pretty soon!
OUTFIT:
Top: Zara peplum metallic sweater
Bottom: Zara coated trousers
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