Weekend Trip! Hastings Beer and Music Festival and Camping!

Join us for a banging weekend of Music and Camping Fun at the Hastings Beer and Music Festival 2022!

Hastings is a large town on the South East coast, with a historic old town, massive Cliff top country Park, vibrant and busy town centre and long stretch of beach and coastline. It is also my very own home town, so I am the best possible person to show you around!!

The Hastings Beer and Music festival is back for it’s first event since the Pandemic and is bound to go down with a boom.

A small group of us – starting with me, Lucy N and Aidar are going, and the more people join the merrier!

Hastings Festival has been running since the 80’s, it’s run by the local round table, and it is an awesome festival played by covers and headline acts and the best festival on the South Coast! read more here https://hbmf.co.uk/ and have a look at the quality of some of the acts here: https://youtu.be/_r9JL3Q8szs

The plan is
Saturday:
Go to the festival!
Sunday
We have a regular hike we do on the clifftops of Hastings country park, it’s a stunner, and hangover allowing we may take the bus out and do half of this walk, it is about 4 miles but hilly and feels more like 6. Other options include the beach or sightseeing around the town and old town. We’ll pick what feels best for the group and the weather on the day.

Most of us are camping for this event if you want to do that you must bring your own tent! (if you don’t have one you can buy a pop up tent and a sleeping bag from Go Outdoors or any outdoor shop for as little as £20 each, or get loads of stuff on e bay even cheaper (search for “camping bundle”). If you don’t want to camp I can also arrange you a room at Tower House

Cost:
£63.00
Included:
· Ticket to Hastings Beer and Music Festival
· Camping Pitch for one night (Saturday)
o Includes space for 1 vehicle
o Non electric pitch
· Should you wish you can add additional nights camping for Friday and/or Sunday night at £20.00 per night, I will be staying there throughout this time.

Payment: When we first publish these events you can put your name down without paying, however we will switch on the pre pay at some point and unpaid places will be removed. Pay at first RSVP to avoid disappointment by logging in to pay pal, clicking “Send Money” and sending to Londonhiking@gmail.com

Once you have paid e mail me your mobile number so I can add you to the WhatsApp group for live coordination and address details.

Not Included;
Tent or Camping Equipment
Travel to or from location
Food and Drink

Train ticket to buy:
From London, get a five day return to Hastings – this will allow you a flexible return time on the return journey. Trains leave from London Bridge or Charing Cross.
Driving:
About 2 hours away from South London traffic being well

Timings:
Friday night arrivals to campsite (if you’ve paid for an extra night): Show up for 5.30pm, we’ll help you pitch your tent and we’ll either go to a pub for dinner or use the on site restaurant.
Saturday morning arrivals: Get an early train to Hastings for about 9.30 and show up at the campsite for 10.00. We’ll help you pitch your tent, then we’ll head off for the festival at Midday.
Sunday evening
Return to London unless you’ve paid for extra nights

Things to bring:
· Tent
· Sleeping bag/matt
· Swim wear (especially if it’s hot)
· Hiking gear
o Water Bottle
o Layered Clothing
o Hiking Boots shoes/ running trainers
o Hat
o Sunscreen
The campsite has amenities blocks (toilets, showers, washing up area), and water points throughout the site. It also has a swimming pool, café and restaurant both serving drinks and light meals.
Any questions click on my profile and send me a message 😊