This morning we enjoyed our first full English breakfast: eggs, bacon, sausage, mushroom, baked beans and tomato. I couldn’t finish it…

We walked across to the Church of St Peter and St Paul where Richard Steer had married Sarah Skinner in 1826. We managed to speak to a friendly lady in the Vestry and she informed us that the older documents are now held in Woking. We have decided that it may be possible to visit the Surrey History Centre on Friday. We had an opportunity to look around inside the church. It is massive and quite impressive. On a 1914 – 1918 war memorial on the wall we found the name ‘Steer’ and ‘Skinner’. We also stood at the alter where Richard and Sarah would have stood to be married.

As the forecast for tomorrow is even more rain, Mum decided that she would like to see Brighton today so we walked back to the hotel and made up the Thermos. It has still been very misty and cloudy and it wasn’t a very nice day for the beach. We enjoyed fish and chips down on the beach and then walked out onto the Brighton Pier. Inside the penny arcade, Mum and I wasted 50p as we never won anything! But I have kept the plastic dish they give you to put your pennies in.

We drove east along the coast, following the white cliffs to Beachy Head. Unfortunately, the weather was so misty that you could barely see anything. It wasn’t possible to reinact the photos that hang on the wall at home of Neil’s parents and Neil and myself. We had a picnic afternoon tea in the carpark.

Driving home we diverted into Uckland and Buxted to see where Neil’s mother’s family had come from. I managed to find the church where his relatives are buried.

It has been another busy day and we are home ready for another simple Vegemite sandwich tea and early to bed.