Belle Tout Lighthouse in the media
The Belle Tout Lighthouse is a remarkable
building and attracts a lot of attention, for
obvious reasons. Few buildings can boast such an
interesting and mixed history as Belle Tout. Not to
mention the awe inspiring location, breathtaking
views and sumptuous luxury that this unique bed and
breakfast offers.
We'll add more in due course.
Red Magazine - August 2011
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Visit to Belle Tout by BBC Radio 4 - July 2011
Belle Tout was extremely pleased recently to welcome
the veteran presenter and broadcaster Sandi Toksvig.
Sandi arrived on behalf of the BBC, for a recording
for the Radio 4 travel programme Excess Baggage. The
programme was transmitted on Saturday September
3rd at 10.30am.
Sandi was accompanied by her producer Harry Parker
and Vron Groocock a Radio 4 listener. Vron had
written in to “Excess Baggage” to suggest Sandi
might like to travel on the 13x bus route from
Brighton to Eastbourne and feature the journey in
one of her programmes on listener’s favourite bus
journeys. Sandi thought it to be a good idea which
is how the visit came about.
Sandi and her colleagues were met off the bus at the
bottom of the private road to Belle Tout by myself
and driven to Belle Tout where they were introduced
to the owner David Shaw and Rob Wassell founder
member of the Belle Tout trust association.
The recording time was then planned out between
Sandi and Harry and the microphone started rolling
with an introduction piece in the car park before
everyone moved into the Belle Tout building.
Settled in the lantern room with its commanding
views, Sandi sat in between David and Rob and asked
questions about the history of the lighthouse.
Rob read from his
new book, which tells the story of
the lighthouse and David explained more about his
reasons for buying it and the project of renovating
it.
I ensured the team had everything they needed and
served a tasty lunch as prepared earlier by Ian, our
chef.
Sandi kept us entertained with funny stories and had
us all in stitches with her wonderful sense of
humour, before doing us the pleasure of having her
photo taken with us.
The teams’ visit to Belle Tout was longer than
expected due to the spectacular views and relaxing
ambience of the lantern room - they just didn’t want
to leave.
With the last bus due, Sandi, Harry and Vron, had
one final tour of the lighthouse, before walking off
down the coastal path to the bus stop at the bottom
of the hill.
However, just before she left, Sandi very kindly
obliged us by making the following entry in our
visitor’s book:
Came on behalf of the BBC but wanted to stay for
myself. Glorious place, splendid company. Thank you
Dave, Phil, Rob.
It was such a nice experience and one that we’ll
remember for some time to come.
Phil Kenny (Manager) and Rob Wassell
More photos can be found in Rob's Flickr group:
Sandi Toksvig at the Belle Tout Lighthouse
To find out more about Excess
Baggage, please
visit the Radio 4 website for more information
and to listen online.
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Media Enquiries
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information regarding Belle Tout, please contact us.
Photography Enquiries
If you're looking for photos of the lighthouse,
Rob Wassell has kindly made available a
selection at
Flickr.
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