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.

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

A view of the new pier from White Rock Gardens

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!

There was a lot of knitted bunting

Having a nice sit down next to a mermaid

  

A knitted beach hut

The knitting got almost everywhere

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

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

Visit the Hastings Pier website for more information.

Crazy Golf Course visited but not able to be played - Folkestone (Seafront) - 18-holes Art Installation

A visit to Folkestone and the 18 Holes Crazy Golf art installation by Richard Wilson.


The old Rotunda Arnold Palmer Putting Course in Folkestone is now a brilliant permanent Art Installation by Richard Wilson - called 18 Holes. It was built for the Folkestone Triennial art event in the town in 2008.













As an aside to the Crazy World of Minigolf Tour visit to the 'course', here are two near identical photos with which to play 'Spot The Difference'?



Links:
- Artist Richard Wilson's website
- Crazy World of Minigolf Tour blog post
- Folkestone Triennial website
- Folkestone-related blog posts