The day started in misty sun in Eastbourne. We walked to M and S to find some fruit and lunch.

After sitting in the hazy sun on Sheik’s Pier we met up with Chris Wade, MNDA Director of Engagement?for the journey to Brighton.

As we approached Brighton the sky darkened and the rain started by the time we changed buses for Hove a thunderstorm was upon us.

We reached our stop in Hove and fortunately the rain had eased for our walk to Big Beach Cafe where we met with MNDA East Sussex.

We had an enjoyable time sadly the rain kept visitors away. Daniel Yates a Brighton Councillor came along and he clearly had a good grasp of MND needs, we hope he can persuade his colleagues to adopt our charter.? We were delighted to talk with Daniel and he?mentioned his surprise?at the reaction our activities were getting on social media.

Dan Stockland was a delightful host and we spent a happy hour afterwards with Liam Dwyer and his wife, the members of MNDA East Sussex ?and Pam Fry.

During our visit we were approached by a man asking Lynn about her career. It turned out he was a colleague many years ago. Lynn was delighted to renew her friendship with Peter Ratcliffe and to meet his wife Janet. Amazingly it turned we were?staying in the same hotel nearby.

Peter has a beautiful dog who is a brood bitch for Hearing Dogs, service dogs for the hard of hearing. Peter was curious to know if service dogs could be of benefit to persons living with MND.? We did not know the answer and would be curious to know of any experience with service dogs for PwMND.

Pam dropped us to our hotel for a well earned rest.