{"id":702,"date":"2005-02-15T23:23:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-15T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/u75blog\/?p=702"},"modified":"2005-02-15T23:23:00","modified_gmt":"2005-02-15T23:23:00","slug":"a-weekend-in-rye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/a-weekend-in-rye\/","title":{"rendered":"A weekend in Rye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>A weekend in Rye<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rye.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Rye, Sussex\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We spent a delightful couple of days over the weekend in Rye, Sussex, arguably one of Britain&#8217;s prettiest towns.<\/p>\n<p>The town hosts some beautiful medieval architecture, with cobbled streets, an old church and lots of beautiful little shops. And &#8211; best of all &#8211; not a fast food joint in sight! <\/p>\n<p>We stayed in a friend&#8217;s house in Mermaid Street, an impossibly quaint cobbled thoroughfare with half timbered houses and a 16th century pub.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rye1.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"207\" alt=\"On the way to Camber Sands, Sussex\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, we walked to Camber Sands with menacing skies looming above. We battled through gale force winds to reach the coast and were hit by a full-on hail storm.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rye2.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"228\" alt=\"Camber Sands\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Minutes later, the skies cleared and we were treated to a beautiful panorama of sun, sea and sand. Lovely!<\/p>\n<p>In the evening, we went on a pub crawl around Rye sampling some of the fabulous local ales.<\/p>\n<p>The next day was another day of fast-changing weather. <\/p>\n<p>We walked to Winchelsea station and then caught a train into the coastal resort of Hastings, where we were hit by a face-freezing snow storm. Sadly, the snow didn&#8217;t settle and within minutes the sun was out again &#8211; but at least I had finally got to feel some snow on my face this winter!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/images\/rye3.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"201\" alt=\"Hastings\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had a lovely dinner in the beach-facing &#8216;Pig in Paradise&#8217; cafe before taking a walk on to the pier. And then it time to jump on to the train back to London&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekend in Rye We spent a delightful couple of days over the weekend in Rye, Sussex, arguably one of Britain&#8217;s prettiest towns. 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