bognor regis

Rockaway Beach knows its audience well. It’s Sunday morning and people are already congregating at the vinyl market stalls looking for that elusive record that they’ll probably pop on a shelf and never play. The soft play area is still closed though. What better way to spend Sunday lunchtime than in the company of crooner …

The soft play area is still cordoned off. Nobody wants a ruptured hernia when there is so much more great music scheduled. Saturday on the Reds stage starts with Trout from Liverpool. Playing shimmering songs with more than a nod to Newdad – it’s a gentle soundtrack for the Bognor brunch gang. Then London punk …

Who do you think you are kidding Mr Butlin…a festival in early January? The decorations have only just come down but the glitterball in Bognor shines brightly – hmmm maybe delay that dry January for a while yet. Armed with a wonky trolley load of pale ale, camera batteries and loose change for the arcade, …