Unfortunately many Eastbourne Half Marathon well-wishers were disappointed not to see Elvis, the kangaroo-suited prankster, at this year’s event.

It appeared, that like so many others, the clash of the annual fun run with Mothers Day meant that Elvis had a more important place to be.

This slight disappointment didn’t ruin the event, and the weather even improved to almost Spring-like proportions, as the score of Bermuda Place residents managed to light the barbie and applaud the dedicated runners as they headed for the finishing tape.

Eastbourne Borough Council have set their Council Tax charge for properties in Band D at £1,506.33 for the year 2008-09.

The Council Tax charge comprises elements for East Sussex County Council, East Sussex Fire Authority, Sussex Police Authority as well as Eastbourne Borough Council.

Read on to discover the total charge for bands A to H …
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This weekend sees the annual Eastbourne Half Marathon and if previous years are anything to go by it should be a successful, well turned out, and well supported event.

The question on many peoples’ lips, especially those who live along the South Harbour promenade is “Will Elvis reappear this year>”

Checkout last year’s posts to see what you missed…

Checkout the video of Elvis from last year…

We’ll be there keeping a lookout, perhaps you will too…

…As You May Be In For a (Nice) Surprise!

I first reported on the fraudulent charges Southern Water were billing Sovereign Harbour residents inmy post Money Down the Drain way back in April 2006!
The sterling work that Ray Battersby started and the SHRA’s Waterlines newsletter reported on meant that all Eastbourne Marina residents were supposed to get an automatic refund without having to go through the bureaucratic rigmarole.

But this has taken some time.

So, imagine my surprise when I opened my bill the other day only to discover a line on the statement saying ‘refund’, though it didn’t offer an explaination.

Check your bills carefully, you may have been refunded too

As a youngster growing up in Eastbourne in the 1970s I always looked forward to the quintessentially British annual event that marked on of the high points in the Summer calader of almost every major seaside resort in the Country.

Tastes change and unfortunately the dual demons of economics and ‘health and safety’ have contributed to Eastbourne’s last attempt being 12 years ago.
But there’s great news…
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Eastbourne’s mayor Mary Pooley officially opened the new Community Gym based at the Sovereign Centre swimming pool complex today.

It’s aimed at both people undergoing rehabilitation (having been referred by a doctor) and children; offering easy-to-use equipment for those over the age of eight.

For more info call 01323 738822 

Just before the Bank Holiday weekend, four signs were erected on the beach of the outer marina …

These are a much needed, and long-overdue addition to this area of Eastbourne’s Sovereign Harbour.

Residents have been campaigning for over three years about the need for signs like these to increase public awareness to the potential dangers of the boat lanes and especially the mud which is exposed at low tides…

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Here’s something you don’t see very often – in fact its only the second time in the 7+ years I’ve lived here in Sovereign Harbour, Eastbourne.

It’s may end up being quite a sad tale…

Last time it was a porpoise and this time it’s a dolphin, that has somehow got separated from it’s pod, and has ended up swimming aimlessly in the outer harbour boat channel of Sovereign Harbour.

As you can see from the photo, a lot of wellwishers turned out to watch with their fingers crossed that everything would turn out ok…

The story continues…
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Eastbourne, in common with many expanding towns across the UK, has a number of housing developments.

The bulk of these developments are in the marina area and developers compete with one another to sell the merits of their individual schemes.

There are a number of property sub-sectors within Sovereign Harbour including:

• Owner Occupiers – Families
• Owner Occupiers – Empty Nesters/Early Retired
• Owner Occupiers – Retired
• Owner Occupiers – Second Home Owners
• Owner Occupiers – Young Professionals
• Rentals – Shared Housing
• Rentals – Young Professionals
• Rentals – Families
• Rentals – Social Housing Schemes
• Investors – Buy to Let
• Speculators – Buy to Sell for a (Quick) Profit

Over the coming months I will be posting information about each of these identifying which areas of the marina are most suitable for each sub-sector and the pros and cons of each.

So please either bookmark this blog or sign-up for the rss feed (see the ’syndicate’ options to the right) to ensure you don’t miss my local insights.

Following the outer harbour’s spring dredge, it’s time or reinstate the navigational marker buoys, to mark the safe channel from the locks past the breakwater.

So it was all hands on deck on 31st March, as you can see from the photo below, as they were all relaunched.

Now where did I put my almanac and sextant ;-)

Have a happy boating season