Thursday, March 30, 2017

Revisiting Hastings Pier

We recently visited Hastings for the first time since 2015 and it was great to have a walk on the new pier. We'd only ever been on it once before back in 2008.

Hastings Pier

We were really impressed with what has been built following the fire which almost totally destroyed it in 2010.

Hastings Pier
A view of the new pier from White Rock Gardens

Hastings Pier
The end of the pier is a nice wide-open space. We've visited a lot of piers on our travels and Hastings Pier is certainly different to most

A pair of Minions on the pier

We visited the pier just after the Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb had opened!
We visited the pier just after the Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb had opened!

Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
There was a lot of knitted bunting

Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
Having a nice sit down next to a mermaid
  
Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
A knitted beach hut

Hastings Pier Yarn Bomb
The knitting got almost everywhere

Hastings Pier
One of the un-yarn bombed benches at the end of the pier

While we were on the pier on Sunday we spotted an ice cream cart going round offering free knitted ice creams! They were gluten free to boot
While we were on the pier on Sunday we spotted an ice cream cart going round offering free knitted ice creams! They were gluten free to boot

Enjoying my knitted Ice Cream alongside Hastings character John 'Big Top Ted' McIver
Enjoying my knitted Ice Cream alongside Hastings character John 'Big Top Ted' McIver

Visit the Hastings Pier website for more information.