September's "Ramble" 2023

Last Wednesday we went on a trip to Eastbourne. It wasn't a ramble because we didn't walk much. The story goes as follows.

Sandyballs was thinking about going to Eastbourne for a change but then got hit by an important doctor's appointment which he couldn't get out of on the same day. So he asked Froggy, who had some ambitious rambling plan, to take over as Routemaster.


The day came and Sandyballs reckoned he might be able to join the NERDS somewhere along the ramble after his appointment so, because of time constraints, Froggy scrapped the walking bit and just got everybody on the same bus into Eastbourne

so that we could do something.


We were- - Matt, Paco, Froggy, Moi and eventually Sandyballs. We got off at Eastbourne station and headed directly for Wetherspoons, previously known as The Slug and Lettuce. The weather was still warm after the heatwave of the previous week and people were still trolling around in shorts.


Wetherspoons was ( as it ever is) tatty, packed and cheap. While Laf bought a round we sent Matt upstairs to get a table so that he could change his mind and the table as much as he liked. The round getting was interrupted by S. B. ringing to say he was on his way and would meet us wherever. Upstairs the place seemed to be dominated by Ladies who Lunched lunching and a load of blokes sat round a table drinking what looked like a delicious bottle of red wine. Because it was Wetherspoons the NERDS had to drink the cheapest beer which was Ruddles at £1.99p a pint

and which actually, despite its price, wasn't bad at all.


After a couple of pints Matt said we were all boring and he meant to emigrate to the wine drinkers' table because they seemed to be having more fun. Time for lunch, we thought so Froggy and Matt decided to take us to one of their favourite restaurants. Down a side street was Picasso's

(presumably a Spanish eatery.) It was great. There weren't many people in so we got served quickly and the food was pretty good. So was the Argentinian Malbec.

A good find, this restaurant.


So then we all got back on the bus to go home, upstairs when Lafayette noticed his daughter Number 2 getting on downstairs (the blonde one) so he told all the NERDS to be nice to her when they got off and not to scare her with their combined ugliness and old age. She did survive.


So that was September's trip out. Eastbourne can be fun - especially for old NERDS.