Highlights from the UK pt II

Best moments from traveling the UK continued:

• Strolling down Brighton Pier in the seaside city of Brighton, from which you can see the white cliffs of dover. Amusement park piers are the same the world over. Tacky arcades, cheap amusement park rides, a profusion of fried stuff and ice cream for sale. In sum, great stuff, especially with the sun beginning to set over the channel. I bought a few fresh hot donuts only to have one snatched out of my hand by the most aggressive seagulls I've ever seen.
• After strolling through the fields around the small village of Haslemere, enjoying a traditional country breakfast in one of the small coffee shops on the small high street. Tea service, baked beans, grilled tomato, ham, sausage, and toast. Reading the Haslemere Herald which headlined the local community theater and the possible fate of Sir Author Conan Doyle's home nearby. 
• Wandering through the oddly eclectic home/museum of Sir John Soane. Soane was the most famous British architect of his time, in the early 19th century. He was a fervent neo-classicist, and quite literally filled his home with greek, roman, and egyptian fragments of architecture, sculpture, busts, and curios. Lots of architectural experimentation too with skylights, tiny galleries and courtyards, mirrors, and niches.