Iter Facere

An uneventful flight to Heathrow. Schlepping from train to tube to train was slightly more than we wanted, but by 2:00 pm we were in Battle, being picked up by Robert. We wandered around Bexhill a bit, stopped by the De La Warr pavilion, Art Deco crazed building on the beach, saw Pevensey castle and back for dinner. 

Thursday we drove to Warum Castle. Built by Henry VIII as a fortification on the coast, it has become a country house. The state gives it to someone who does something big, which is why the Duke of Wellington died there. Winston Churchill also got to use it. Fortresses converted into country homes have nice gardens:

We then drove to Wincelsea, which was a Cinque Port until its harbor silted up. It's church was meant to be much larger, but storm damage and lack of money made it smaller. A British comedian, Spike Milligan, is buried there. His epitaph is in Gaelic, since the church wouldn't let him have it in English. It says "I told you I was sick"

Wincelsea church.