Okay it wasn’t the Hamtons that Manhattons go to for their weekend breaks but it was our annual boys weekend away in Littlehampton not far from Worthing.
I managed to save up some overtime and get off work a couple of hours early and avoided the madness of the M25 in rush hour and actually made our way to arrive at Littlehampton by 5:05PM. Joffrey had said Jim and Phil were scheduled to be the first arriving and would be at the hostel for 745. So with time on our hands we found a beautiful little bistro called the Lemon Tree where we had a superb 4 course meal with live entertainment at an astonishing £73 for us both including wine and Port. The restaurant was a few feet from the entrance to the hostel and by just after 8 we were inside being reunited with friends old and new.
This year the hostel was a four Star venue. We had our own ensuite rooms with power shower. Bare in mind that this is a youth hostel and not a hotel. It was charming and cosy.
As more of the boys started to arrive Hudd and Chris had made Lasagne for dinner and despite the meal we had just eaten it would have been rude to ignore a meal time with the boys. After dinner we all go talking about relationships and how Chris and Joffrey had civil partnered last year, Mark and Adrian are working on theirs and Dusan and I are just awaiting the correct paperwork the debate went into the big differences in society. Most of our straight friends are choosing Not to Marry because they don’t want to be forced by society while all of us gay boys and girls are now getting married in hoards because we actually can.
An evening of chat, wine and food ensued before we were the first to retire to bed at 1215.
Saturday we went for a drive to Brighton and came back for some games and some more of the same in good company. I spoke today with Mark who agreed, its an amazing get away that costs so little. Something that we all end up looking forward to from the moment the invites start to come through by Email. The whole weekend with food, alcohol and the hire all to our self of the Littlehampton hostel, it cost us £82 each.
A huge Thank You to Joffrey and Chris Denning for inviting us and hope to see you all again soon boys. Was a fabulous weekend away in the Hamptons.
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