Rye Fawkes Weekend

The weekend was based around two Lone Pine books. On Saturday we followed in the possible footsteps of Slinky Grandon as he went to meet Valerie at the windmill in Winchelsea in The Gay Dolphin Adventure.

The mill was destroyed in the storms of 1987 and we could not see Slinky either. After lunch we walked back to Rye in unseasonable sunshine passing Camber Castle where the Mortons first met the Warrenders and Miss Ballinger.

In the evening we gathered on Hilders Cliff to see the Rye Fawkes procession pass by as described in Rye Royal. We saw three floats pass but rumours were that the tractor pulling the fourth ran out of diesel as it was going through the Landgate. As a result the rest of the procession went direct to the Salts where the bonfire and fireworks made for a spectacular display.

A town walk and treasure hunt on Sunday morning gave the opportunity to enjoy more sunshine and find more locations described in the stories. John and Evelyn Roberts were the worthy winners of the prize fluffy peewit as they got full marks in the hunt.

Camber Castle on Saturday afternoon.

Rye Fawkes bonfire and fireworks

Pump Street, Rye