Whiskey with porridge and jam with sloe gin.

How is that for the way to start your day! That was part of our breakfast at Steyning this morning. We stayed at a manor that I would say had seen better days but that isn't how it was advertised. Our room, The Beech Room, had lovely red rose pattern of country scenes for the wall paper and the lamp shades and the curtains and the bed spread and the pillows. The bathroom fixtures were also in a lovely pink/red shade. But after a perfect day of walking and a wonderful dinner of fresh salad, crab and anchoive cakes, vegetarain lasagna and I had mussels with hand cut fries, topped off with homemade coconut icecream while Norm had the Rhubarb dessert, we slept wonderfully. Yummy!
Today we had that famous whiskey porridge and of course the full English. (we now leave out the fried mushrooms, tomatoes and beans) before heading out again. This time we took our own packs and walked only 8 km to Shoreham by Sea. There we caught the train to Winchester (only 3 hours). So here we are back with all our luggage and ready to spend one last night here and then to London for a fun filled 3 days. The holiday has been excellent. I thought with 4 different countries to visit we would feel overwhelmed. Not so. We are enjoying every change and new adventure. We even aren't getting on each others nerves too much yet! Hope you are enjoying our trip tales. Next time I will bring my own computer to keep up to date and post pictures of where we have been and especially of what we are eating! Debby wait till you see my pea and ham soup. See you in June.