Camping Adventure - Day Two

Day Two

05:00

light rain Yum toast is good. Just having breakfast - it's quite satisfying grilling toast on this camping stove thingy but i think i need a little more practice as this particular attempt has a couple of burnt regions.

Had a lovely time last night the pub is about twenty minutes walk away, very modern and we think probably newly refitted. We met the owner. He shamelessly plugged the pub food and the special BOGOF Italian, Indian and Steak Nights in a rather charming Irish accent. We also had the pleasure of chatting to a local lady - name unknown - we asked her a few questions about the area, after hearing about our general interests etc, she recommend we should go anywhere other than Littlehampton - too late but you only learn from experience eh? Even if it is someone elses! The lady of no-name also suggested that Arundel would be a nice day out.

The facilities are rather good and clearly newly refurbished. Generally allround good campsite its quiet and far enough away from the fuss of the coast. Both charli and i are impressed so far.

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Just got back changed our minds about lunch at The Olive Branch so eating bacon at camp instead. We went to Bognor town and found a Morrisons we raided that for supplies for lunch then realised we wanted to explore a bit so put more money in the meter as rain was holding off. Then we discovered a few more shops and got some gifts for our peeps back home in sunny Hailsham. We found the beach. There isn't much to look at but the weather is pants so we'll come back. After having a bit of a nose around we headed back for coffee. After a short downpour the sun began to shine. Being a self-proclaimed sun-worshipper Owen instantly sprang into action. We developed a plan to purchase large amounts of food - mostly meat - and went to Somerfields in Littlehampton to get it.

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Just finished a huge Barbeque consisting of minted lamb grill steaks - 2 each, loads of kebabs and ribs, and we created a corn on the cob masterpiece cooked on the barbie wrapped in foil with butter - fabulous!! Jamie Oliver had better watch out with us on the scene!! The only problem with all of this being that we burnt a barbeque shaped patch in their perfectly grassed (not) field. After pouring about three litres of water on said patch of grass and dancing strangely on it to try and turn it into a less-square-shaped patch of mud, we were beginning to attract the attention of our fellow campers. So we gave up.The end result was a dark patch of mud with some loose grass thrown over the top. And a chair over the top of that. Hopefully no-one will notice. gulp. wasp frag count on day two...4 dead. Planning tomorrow. It's been nice all evening so if it's nice we will go to Chichester but if not then Owen wants to go to an Air Museum. Signing off night people.