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 This is recommended by my landlady for its heritage buildings, however, what I found appealing is the steam train. I had one of my best trips in my previous stay and I was very excited to take steam engine train again. Bus ride from Crawley to East Grinstead is quick (about 30 mins) and I reached station before noon. I took multiple stop ticket while is bit more expensive than single trip which I later found out would have been better for this route.  The station is not crowded despite being a weekend (and a sunny day too) and the train arrived with only a short wait. The route have only 3 stops and I planned to alight on final stop and explore others on way back. The ride was picturesque going through the meadows filled with cute cottages and livestock grazing lazily on sunny afternoon. After about an hour and half, we reached the final stop in the route. The station have a museum with replicas and information on railways as well as few ships. The trains are prepared for th...

 I asked recommendations for places to visit from my landlady, at work, from friends and this place never came up. In fact many people did not even know it existed and that’s including the employees at London train terminals. When I asked for a ticket for Rye, they replied that the only Rye they know is the bread 😂. Finally I bought the tickets from the kiosk and the person I asked for help even followed me, curious to see if that actually existed 🫢. Two train rides later I reached Rye, the smugglers town. The town is full of cobblestone streets and historic buildings. They led to Mermaid street which is like the Main Street of the town. Next to small cafe at the junction, there’s some kind of studio which have interactive shows but it was closed on the day I visited. Then there is a beautiful Inn called The Mermaid Inn and I considered staying there if I couldn’t cover the place in one day. However, I walked around the town twice before evening 😁.  My first stop was Rye ca...