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The pictures from my recent trip to Burgess Hill and Brighton are up on the gallery.

My favorite one? Probably this one...

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Dinner tonight was taken at the Indian Garden in Burgess Hill.

Things started off with a couple of very crispy pappadom and sauces I couldn't begin to name. One was obviously yogurt based and the other a kind of chutney but other than being very good I couldn't tell you what they were called.

To go with the pappadom I had a Kingfisher beer. Outside the restaurant was a relatively quiet street and bright blue sky. Inside it was "typical" indian furnishings and employees with impenetrable indian accents.

Next up was some really good keema nan filled with thinly sliced red lamb inside. It was a little odd just because I'd never had nan filled with a continuous layer of "meat" inside and I wonder how they did that. It was good though, especially with the yogurt sauce.

Halfway through the nan the chicken tikka vindaloo arrived with some pulau rice that smelled and tasted wonderful. I was warned that the vindaloo was hot but it really wasn't that spicy although the spiciness it did have built pleasantly as I made my way through the dish.

Yum.

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Stopped in the Kings Head pub for a pint and bite to eat but they only serve food for lunch.

The bartender recommended going to the Oak Barn and was very helpful so I'm having a pint here before heading off to dinner. Decided to try John Smith's but probably won't try it again. It's billed as "Extra Smooth" but is really just flat.

Next it was off to the Oak Barn and a pint of Fosters to start with.

I was warned that football was on tonight and it would be very quiet. It was indeed quiet with the waitresses, one waiter and the too-serious manager bustling about the dining room and only a handful of tables filled.

The food was very good and the environment very pretty with the sun coming into the wood filled room "just so" and a wood floor that just begs to be danced on. In fact, I might just have to do that on the way out.

Dinner was composed of a veggie ravioli (a very large single) followed by salmon on a bed of olives and onion with the house merlot and trailed by cheesecake and Irish whisky. Ok, two Irish whiskys.

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6:40 and at The Friars Oak drinking a Guinness and waiting for some lamb curry.

I landed about 7:30am, picked up the car and headed to Burgess Hill. Unfortunately I got a little turned around on the way to the B&B but got to see plenty of pretty scenery and it was a pretty day.

I was trying to get to my B&B but ran across the client site I'll be working in this week so I decided to stop even though I hadn't showered and changed. That worked out fine since my contact was in T-shirt and jeans.

Tomorrow it's all work and probably little play but I'm going to try to get out in the evening as it's looking like it's going to be gorgeous this week.

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For some time Susan and I have wanted to move to the UK or Ireland. Mostly because of the dancing and also because we really like the people and country over there.

Over the last several years I've lost some of my desire to move to the UK as the number of ways the citizens are monitored have grown since 9/11.

CCTVs everywhere. Cars tagged and tracked on the major roads around London. More and more people behaving paranoid whenever someone pulls out a camera.

Hell, even science geeks are getting paranoid. He's lucky he didn't get shot by some overly paranoid and zealous rent-a-cop.

The terrorists are winning. They can stop their planning now because our governments and news agencies will take care of bottling us up for our own "safety."

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