StevoTrip2006
Thursday, October 12, 2006

I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
The last two nights of my southern sojourn were spent in Brighton. I had come to Brighton because Tim, Rebecca and I were seeing The Goodies' live show, which was on at the Brighton Dome. It was actually very enjoyable: I think we had all feared the worst, what with the age of the participants, the fact that Bill Oddie wasn't even turning up (although he did feature in prerecorded video segments) and, let's face it, the unevenness of the Goodies even in their heyday. It was quite sparsely attended though, with people only speckled through what was quite a large venue. They did make one slightly bitter crack suggesting that the show hadn't been properly advertised, although there is always the fact that they seem to have been largely forgotten in the UK (in contrast to the ABC, the BBC never repeated their TV show).

Brighton itself is a very nice town, with lots of restaurants and pubs. The chief actual sight is the Royal Pavilion, which was decked out in the early 19th century by the Prince Regent / King George IV. If I can reduce actual real world history to the level of television comedy for a moment, this is the George from the third series of Blackadder, and I can imagine that the characterisation from that show would have been largely inspired by this building. Basically, it's quite obscenely extravagant and over-embellished. It's a massive demonstration that if you spend enough money, you can turn even the worst taste into an architectural marvel.

The other major landmark is the Brighton Pier. I almost didn't make it down the pier because the weather on the morning I was planning to go down was so feral. Fortunately, however, the rain stopped for just long enough for me to experience the true British seaside resort experience.





I suppose it's my own silly fault if I will insist on going in October.

Posted by Stephen Rowley @ 5:16 PM

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