We spent a long weekend staying for 3 nights at the Brighton CMC site just outside the town. You can walk from the site to the Marina at the eastern end of Brighton beach. From there you can either walk along the beach or take the bus to the town centre or take the historic Volks Railway – the oldest operational electric railway in the world (built in 1883).

We were visiting the Luna Cinema on the Beach and had bought tickets for one of their beach hut which included seats for 4 people (and some beer and cocktails rolled in!). Mike and Vicky were taking the train down to join us to see ‘The Greatest Showman’ – very entertaining, especially when you are sitting in a deckchair on a warm evening with the sun setting behind the pier!

The four of us spent the rest of the weekend wandering around the Pier, the interesting shops in The Lanes and taking a trip on the i360, a big doughnut shaped observation platform that rises 138 metres up above the town at the seafront. We ended the weekend with a walk around the impressive Brighton Pavilion.