We didn’t just pick this particular hotel on Hayling Island as our holiday destination because of its proximity to our home in Portsmouth. We’d not been to a Warner Leisure Hotel before so wanted to see whether its adults only environment would appeal to us, but this particular weekend was described as an 80s one, with 80s music and a Tom Jones tribute act. The latter we weren’t too bothered about, but we’re fond of music in general, quite keen on 20th century music (after which we embraced old age a bit more and switched into “Kids today! What is this rubbish!?” mode), avid watchers and tweet-along people with the #TOTP crowd on Twitter, and we thought it just generally sounded like fun. It also sounded like a chance to just do something different for a few days.

Lakeside Coastal Village

Pre-trip information was a little on the sparse side for people who’d not been to the place before, consisting of opportunities to book dining and breakfast times plus a basic map of the hotel and grounds. It wasn’t clear what the check-in process was and the map seemed to indicate that all the parking spaces were a little way from reception. As it was we ended up parking very close to where our accommodation was so that wasn’t too bad, but it turned out that we also had reserved parking for us in another car park. Great, but since we didn’t know which room we would have prior to arriving and weren’t told we had this parking spot just for us when checking in, we only realised there was a spot for us the following day when exploring. Information sharing: it’s a constant bugbear of mine. I really, really wish the hospitality sector would embrace the concept of explaining simply, clearly, and fully more.

Lakeside Coastal Village is on the eastern side of Hayling Island, set out to the north of a lake (you might have guessed that), and comprising a few main buildings for dining, entertainment, and leisure, plus a number of blocks of different accommodation types. A footpath to the east of the complex allows the general public and guests to take a stroll along the island’s coastline if they wish (and we did). The accommodation types include standard chalets, lodges, cottages, and suites.

Bay Cottage

Our accommodation at Warner Lakeside was described as a Bay Cottage. Don’t expect this to be a cottage; it’s three rooms in a block consisting of five other “cottages” next to an identical set-up. Don’t expect this to have a view of the bay; ours looked out onto the car park. However, as accommodation goes, it was pretty good. A small seating area on a patio outside with a couple of chairs and a table leads into a lounge with chairs, a TV, fridge, safe, fire, coat hooks, and a welcome basket of snacks.

Adjacent to the lounge was the bedroom which housed just the bed, some unmatched side tables (with a side light only on one of them), plug sockets and drawers only on one side of the bed, and a TV. We did like the map of the local area on the wall here which contained markers and local facts. Between the bedroom and bathroom was a walk-through area with clothes hangers and more drawer space along with an iron and ironing board on one side, and a small dressing table with hair dryer opposite it.

The bathroom, like each of the rooms in the Bay Cottage, was compact but perfectly adequate for its needs. A good-size and powerful shower, a sink, some toiletries, and a toilet: what else do you need? The nicest surprise was that good quality toilet paper was supplied. Perhaps the average visitor has sensitive nether regions.

Dining And The VIP Experience At A Warner Leisure Hotel

The map wasn’t clear on things but we thought initially that there were two places you could go for drinks: the Piano Lounge and the Leisure Lounge. The former was part of the main complex of buildings next to Reception, and so that’s where we headed prior to our dining reservation. In fact, we never visited the Leisure Lounge at all, it being an area of the leisure building where the hotel’s swimming pool was located (something else we never got around to), but we saw it being utilised on the Saturday as the hotel was showing rugby on a large screen there.

The Piano Lounge was quiet when we arrived, which surprised us given how many cars we’d seen parked around the hotel area and as we knew that the weekend was sold out, but the reason for that would become clear soon enough. As a venue, this one hosts quizzes during the day, and occasional music sets in the evening. My wife’s first choice of drink – an Aspall’s – wasn’t available, which made us laugh. It was just like being on a P&O Cruise, we said.

Ah, yes. Cruising. Even though it’s almost impossible to tell from looking at this site (I might be lying here), we’re huge fans of cruising, and with the vast majority of our holiday experiences being spent at sea on ships it’s reasonable to expect that we would inevitably compare our land-based break on Hayling Island with a cruise vacation.

One thing that was not like the cruises we tend to go on was the dining arrangement. In one sense, if you’re familiar with set dining then you know the drill – you have a table that’s allocated to your travelling party and a meal time that you can set ahead of time (both for breakfast and dinner) – but the entire space at Lakeside – the largest space in the hotel – also doubled up as the main entertainment spot, so your seats were also your seats for whatever shows were taking place, which were scheduled for after the food. The closest thing we’ve experienced to this would be the Limelight Club on one of the larger P&O ships, where you’ll have a meal followed by a show, albeit with staggered meal times for all attendees. What this means in practical terms, though, is that if you choose to eat early then you’ll be sat at your table waiting for everyone else to finish before the show starts. Not a problem, but be aware of it. For us, choosing a late dining time, this worked out well with timing the end of our meal to only require a short break before the performers appeared; it also explained why the Piano Lounge had been so quiet, because almost everyone else at the hotel was in the restaurant.

Notice anything about our seating location? Raised up a bit from the people ahead of us, and dead centre with the stage. Good location. That was lucky. Or was it?

No, that was because we paid a small surcharge for what Warner call their VIP Experience. This came with the following benefits: a free drink for every night of your stay, the best seats in the house, a decorated table, and a light for summoning a waiter.

Those cards on the table were what you could exchange for a free drink for each night of your stay. One per person per night, or use them all at once; whatever you want. Weirdly, with six cards and two of us, you might be finally making use of those maths lessons from school and expecting us to have stayed at this Warner Hotel for three nights, but, as mentioned in the opening paragraph, that’s not the case. Yeah, we got an extra drink free. We didn’t say anything because, quite frankly, we knew they’d do okay out of us. Hey, they’re getting a positive hotel review on the internet. That’s got to be worth a drink each!

The lamp on the table of VIP guests was for attracting the attention of waiting staff. Our experience was that it didn’t always work as swiftly as we’d have hoped – Hey! The I stands for Important here! – but as a gimmick we were surprisingly struck by it and abused it mercilessly on that first night. You don’t want to see the pile of receipts for drinks we bought.

Here is the menu for our first night at the Lakeside Coastal Village.

The food options were reasonable and the food was good, but not spectacular. Perfectly acceptable, but if we’re comparing to a cruise – and it’s me writing this, so that’s what I’m doing – then a marked difference. You could tell just from the rapidity of service that this was all prepared way ahead of serving. If you’re anticipating a gap between courses then try to anticipate something smaller than that. No, smaller than even that. Better than a takeaway and you’re not cooking at home, though, so no complaints.

Tomato and garlic crostini for me to start with, while my wife selected the prawn and avocado cocktail.

Our main courses were the pan-fried salmon and the honey-glazed pressed ham hock.

For our desserts we picked the orange and whisky marmalade sponge pudding and the red velvet cheesecake. The cheesecake proved to be too large for my wife to finish.

And a small selection (and I really do mean a small selection) of accompanying drinks. We also had a bottle of wine.

The evening’s entertainment mostly took place in the restaurant after the food had been cleared away. A few different singers came up, one with some backing dancers and multiple changes of clothing. The quality of singing was decent, but not spectacular again. I’m comparing to cruise ships here again, but you’d probably guessed that. The guests at Hayling Island’s Lakeside Hotel seemed to enjoy it a lot, and we were thoroughly entertained by what we saw. I don’t know how much the alcohol played in all that.

I did take a few videos, but while our seating position gave us a good view of the performances, its location also meant it was frequently crossed in front of by the waiting staff. Modern phones do so love to make use of their motion-tracking to switch focus, and the result was something I’d rather not share. Imagine one woman singing hits from the eighties in the style of Cher (we think unintentionally), and imagine one woman in leather singing hits from the same period (plus a few either side of that decade) in the centre of two smiley dancers with similar moves and looks to the Cool For Cats video women and you’re almost there.

Once the music came to an end in the restaurant we filed out while the place was emptying only to find that at 23:00 more late-night music had started up back in the Piano Lounge. A bit of a crooner feel with some popular, singalong hits for the suitably inebriated, and we stayed there for a few more drinks before calling it a night.

Lakeside Hotel Photos And Shoreline Walk

Breakfast was taken in the same place as dinner the previous night, and at the same table. Rather than waiter service, this was a buffet-style affair, and while the range of food wasn’t massive it was all of good quality. Dare I say it? Yes, I’m going to dare. It was as good, if not better, than most cruise breakfast options. And very filling.

A quick mention here, though, about dining times: while we were encouraged to pick our dining times ahead of visiting this Warner Hotel, that didn’t seem to be something that was enforced, checked, or even a consideration. Rock up when you like. The only thing you need to know is that on the first day you’ll need to find out which table is yours for the duration of the stay.

After breakfast, partly to walk off what we’d just eaten, but mostly to walk off the effects of all that drinking the night before, we decided to take a little walk along the shoreline path east of the hotel. But first, a quick nose at the hotel itself. If I’d been a bit more clear-minded and if the strong and bitterly-cold wind had been slightly less forceful and chilly, then I might have grabbed shots of the various styles of chalets. However, since I didn’t, here are a few of the main buildings.

The closeness to water, the artificial boat, the small sizes of the accommodation blocks, and the chess board painted on the floor all served to conjure up memories of our visit to Portmeirion many moons before. Lakeside Coastal Village wasn’t quite as colourful or attractive in terms of its architecture, but to counter that we felt like we were less prone to attacks by inflatable balls.

We didn’t think to wander around the swimming pool area or the cinema, but did venture inside the Games Room and Gym just to see what facilities there were. It looked a decent area for entertaining yourself (snooker tables, table tennis, table football, darts) or getting some fitness in, but we weren’t in the mood for either (especially not the latter), and it looked like you needed to head to reception to get games equipment (I might be wrong) which is just an inconvenience I don’t think is deserved when you’ve got an adults-only venue. You should be able to trust adults not to be selfish and to be considerate, share things properly, look after things, think about the good of everyone and not just their own needs, surely? Wait. Wait a minute. We did see a lot of people reading Daily Mails during our stay. Yeah, forget that. Understandable policy, Warner.

Heading south from the main entrance to the hotel area brought us to the lake that gives the hotel its name. Two large fountains were there to ensure the lake was properly aerated, although the strong wind whipping in across Hayling Island was doing a splendid job all on its own in that respect. It’s possible to fish at the lake and there was plenty of birdlife to spot if you’re that way inclined.

Eastwards from our position at the lake brought us quickly to a signpost at the water’s edge. While this water – clearly at low tide despite the warning on the post – is part of Chichester Harbour, the land on the other side of the muddy dampness was still more of Hayling Island.

“Which way shall we go?” I asked.

“Footpath?”

“Sounds like a plan. We can always head towards Footpath when we get back from Footpath.”

Decision made, we headed off in the direction of Footpath.

While it remained dry all the time we stayed at Lakeside Coastal Village on Hayling Island that hadn’t been true just prior to our trip. Footpath turned out to be fairly muddy and obstructed by puddles in places, requiring careful footsteps to avoid the worst of it all. If you’re taking a holiday when there’s been some typically British weather just before then a change of sensible footwear is advised.

Not pictured, but there were some large houses with ridiculously enormous gardens that backed onto this coastal path along the Hayling Island shore. I shudder to think how much those properties cost.

Once Footpath hit a stretch that would have needed us to assume crab poses to scuttle along its edges without coating the bottom couple of centimetres of our shoes in mud we turned around and headed back, taking a fork in the path back through the top edge of the hotel grounds and around by the archery and rifle-shooting spots. I’d considered registering to book a spot for archery as it seems like a useful skill to have when civilisation collapses and we’re forced to hunt Tories for food but the hangover and persistent gale across the land encouraged me to skip it.

We finished our clearing-the-heads walk around the coastline and outskirts of the hotel by returning to the signpost we’d seen earlier and this time heading off to see what there was in the direction of Footpath. More of the same, to be fair, but with even less shelter from the wind. It wasn’t long before we turned around and headed back to our Bay Cottage chalet.

Afternoon And Evening Entertainment

We had a fairly quiet afternoon; that pesky problem of getting older but not wiser when it comes to alcohol consumption and the amount of time it now takes to process it all.

There was some rugby on we wanted to watch – not union, that was being shown in the Leisure Lounge, but the more exciting form of league (don’t bother arguing; I’m not wrong) – so we made use of our chalet’s lounge and some snacks from the welcome basket we’d received.

That done, we made our way to the Piano Lounge where a packed room was taking part in the Afternoon Trivia. The image below tells you how we did, with a win, a certificate (don’t anticipate any meaningful prizes and you won’t be disappointed), and lots of obvious puzzlement at our team name. If you know your Mystery Science Theater 3000 then you’ll need no explanation.

Menu for the second evening at Warner Lakeside and our food selections follow.

We both chose the chicken and ham terrine to start. My main course was the smoked salmon fishcake, while my wife opted for the shin and brisket of beef.

I finished off with the Belgian chocolate and salted caramel fondant. For my wife it was the cheese board. A decent enough selection, she said, but the lack of a knife rendered the butter useless and left her breaking the cheese apart with her fingers. A small thing, but something for Warner to think about if you’re not thinking ahead and planning on keeping one of your knives on the table when the staff clear away your main course.

After some amusing time-filling from the hotel staff – asking where everyone was from (“Is anyone here from Portsmouth? What, really!? Did you swim across?”) and running a ludicrously easy quiz to find a single winner of some chocolate near or past its sell-by date – the weekend’s main entertainment commenced in the form of a Tom Jones tribute act: Tom-Tastic. While Tom Jones isn’t really either of our cups of tea, there’s no disputing that the performance was spot on in terms of voice and looks. Nice to hear a load of songs outside the ones everyone knows and to appreciate the vocal talent of the hotel’s guest performer.

We had a bottle of wine with dinner, but otherwise skipped any late evening drinks given our still somewhat delicate nature and the fact I’d be driving the following morning. This meant we didn’t play with our Staff-Summoning Lamp, but, give the staff their due, this didn’t stop them coming by to ask if we wanted anything several times.

Attentive staff at dinner: good.

Final Morning, Thoughts, And Suggestions

Attentive staff at breakfast: what staff?

Other blocks of tables got offered tea and coffee and toast, just like we’d had the day before, but on the day of departure we might as well have been wearing invisibility cloaks for the half hour we queued for food, sat, and slowly ate it. Returning to my favourite form of holiday comparisons, this was something we’ve experienced on cruises a number of times so, yes, in one way, that’s nice, but in another, more important way, a sad end to our holiday with Warner Leisure Hotels. Happily, it was the only real gripe we had.

When we’d first booked a break at Lakeside Coastal Village we’d done it in the knowledge that it probably wouldn’t match what we’re more used to, but the adverts on TV and some web research had shown it would certainly be like a cruise on land in many respects. That’s all true. Cruises are better, in every aspect bar one, for us: for this hotel, its convenient proximity to our house. That ability to look out for a Friday evening and Saturday break, knowing it won’t eat into our annual leave allowance is nice. Would we book another break here, or even at one of their other locations? Maybe is the fairest answer. We wouldn’t rush back, but it’s definitely not a place that we’d say no to, especially if the right combination of programme of events and pricing made an appearance. Something to consider if you’re thinking of a Warner break: the average age of guests seemed to be around the late sixties, early seventies range, but we weren’t the youngest there by any stretch; someone was celebrating her 21st birthday (that got some comments from the entertainment staff), and there was at least one other couple in their twenties there too. The VIP experience gets a hearty recommendation from us, though. Well worth the price.

My suggestion for Warner isn’t unique – I leave almost the same feedback whenever we travel – and that is: assume the people coming not only haven’t been to your hotel before, but that they’ve never been to any hotel before. This wouldn’t just help out first-timers, but since every hotel chain or form of travel does things slightly differently, it would remove some simple errors and stop preconceptions and expectations spoiling the reality. Tell people that they’re going to have assigned restaurant and entertainment seating for the duration of their time at the hotel. Tell people where to park when first arriving. Tell people what the process is to have a swim. Do you need coins? Do you bring your towel from your room?

That concludes our brief time on Hayling Island. A very welcome break, very much needed.

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This is the first of two posts covering our second weekend break on Hayling Island at Warner Lakeside and it will mostly cover the first full day there where we decided to take advantage of the nice weather to stroll along the beach.

For this second visit to our nearest Warner Leisure Hotels location we chose a Woodland Lodge class of accommodation as we’d spotted them on our previous visit and thought they looked very nice. They did look very nice, both inside and out, and we very much enjoyed our stay in this particular room. However, if I was the sort of person who offered up unwanted advice on the web – and I am – then I would suggest that in the summer, this is a great choice, but in the colder months – and it wasn’t particularly warm when we visited – then something else might be preferable. At night we discovered that the room got quite cold thanks to the large, single-glazed doors and windows not far from the bed and the general construction of the lodge.

As with our first visit to Warner Lakeside we decided to pay a little extra for the VIP package, which offers tokens for free drinks in addition to a guaranteed good view of the stage for the entertainment and a waiter-summoning lamp. We would discover that the drinks tokens were not quite as useful as they’d been when we visited two months earlier. On that occasion we’d chosen any drinks from the menu. Great. On this occasion we were told that no, we couldn’t pick from the cocktails, we could only have the basic drinks. This isn’t something that we could see mentioned on the website and if it was on the tickets then it required a high-powered microscope to read it in the small print. Disappointing from Warner that this wasn’t made clear.

The dinner menu and food choices of my wife and me are below, in case you’re interested in what range of food and what sort of quality of food you can expect to have at a Warner Leisure hotel.

That’s the arrival at Lakeside and the first evening’s meal covered. Obviously, there were drinks had and we listened to a few cover bands performing 1960s hits alongside a DJ who allegedly let you make requests via an internet form but who steadfastly refused to play anything we requested all weekend long while repeatedly playing the same tunes every night. And no, we weren’t picking stupid tracks, although I was beginning to get around to adding snarky comments on the requests by the end.

Saturday arrived on Hayling Island and, after all meeting up for breakfast, and in accordance with the rough plan we’d agreed upon the night before, we decided to head off for a walk from the hotel down to the beach with the intention being to stroll along it in one direction and get the narrow gauge railway that ran along its length in the other.

The conditions were bright and reasonably warm as we headed out of Lakeside beside, as you can see, the lake that lends the hotel its name.

The route to the beach is dead easy. Head west out of the main entrance of the hotel until you can’t head west any longer, then head south until your feet start getting wet. You have arrived at your destination.

In addition to some art bits and pieces we discovered a set of stocks. These were replica stocks of an original set that for some reason Hayling Island considers speaks about its nature. “Come to Hayling Island. We have a beach. We have the means to punish you in public.” Perhaps they’re trying to attract a certain type of person.

As the train wasn’t at the easternmost end of the railway when we hit this part of Hayling Island beach we decided that we’d walk to its terminus at the west end then come back by powered means. We headed down onto the promenade and were immediately distracted by what we initially thought was a rescue at sea taking place by the coastguard. After watching for a few minutes and seeing the helicopter lowering the rescued person back into the water we realised that they’d either had their debit card declined and had insufficient funds to pay for their rescue or that we were witnessing rescue drills instead.

It turned out that Her Majesty’s Coastguard were, indeed, practising rescues with their helicopter and a boat just off the coast of Hayling Island and, even better, they next decided to do this in the shallow water far closer to off just off the pebble beach. This gave me plenty of opportunities to take photos and that’s exactly what I and several dozen other people along the seafront ended up doing for quite some time. If you want to see photographs and video of the coastguard helicopter at work then you’re now in for a treat.

We eventually decided to continue walking along the seafront. This route took us alongside the shoreline train tracks and the brick building for the army cadets before coming upon the colourful beach huts.

A stone monument caught our eyes, as it likely was supposed to do. This menhir with an almost Aztec-looking design on it was the Combined Operations Pilotage Parties (COPP) memorial. Not a lot is known about the activities of the COPP, set up on Hayling Island in 1943, but it trained army and navy personnel for covert actions as frogmen and canoeists.

Our walk came to an end when we reached Funland, the amusement park on Hayling Island. Out of the main season it didn’t exactly scream fun to any of us so we gave it a miss but I’m sure there are plenty of things to see and do there if you’re visiting with kids.

The other reason for terminating our walk where we did was because that was where we would be able to board the Hayling Seaside Railway for the return to the east end of the seafront. The railway was opened to the public in 2003. The train we ended up riding on was No. 3 Jack, built in 1988, and diesel-powered like all the trains operating on the 2-foot narrow gauge tracks even though it looks like a classic steam locomotive scaled down. It was a very pleasant way to make the journey back along the beach.

As we were on holiday it felt only right to have a quick drink in a nearby pub once we’d disembarked the train, and the Lifeboat Inn provided some good options, friendly staff, and a nice, large garden in which to enjoy the sunshine.

Hayling Island doesn’t have a huge amount to see, and we’d pretty much covered most of it by now so we simply headed back to the Lakeside hotel next.

The afternoon and evening at Warner Lakeside were pretty much as you’d expect: relaxed, casual, a few drinks, some of the snacks from our hotel room welcome basket out on our lodge’s porch, some reading in the sunshine, a bit of trivia (no, we didn’t win), then dinner – the evening menu and our dining choices are shown below – and entertainment from the bands. One criticism from this sort of break – billed as a 1960s music tribute weekend – was that the bands all played covers of what they considered great tracks from the decade (and in some cases, other decades too, bizarrely) but there was no coordination between the sets that they were performing; the result of this was that a lot of songs got played multiple times. Okay if you like the tracks or don’t mind hearing the same tune three times a night, but something we felt could have been avoided with a little bit of discussion and tweaking of playlists. Still, plenty of people got up and danced around and enjoyed themselves a lot.

In the concluding part of this coverage of our second stay at Warner Lakeside on Hayling Island I’ll go through the second day’s activities which mostly just involved a walk along the eastern shoreline.

There is also a more up-to-date account of our 2025 weekend visit to Warner Lakeside now available.

If you’re staying at Warner Lakeside and want to do this walk yourself then head out from the main entrance towards the lake, then walk in a clockwise direction around the lake (i.e. eastwards initially) and you really can’t miss the coastal path. I mean, fair play if you do; that’s some feat of confusion.

I’m not going to say a huge amount about these photos because they pretty much speak for themselves. We simply hit the path and headed north, hugging the water’s edge. Well, what little water there was.

Mengeham Rythe is the area immediately adjacent to the coastal route we took. Its other name – Mengeham Salterns – gives away its history. From at least the eleventh century and up until the 1870s salt workings – taking salt from seawater – lined this shoreline before being overtaken by the oyster industry. There’s not much of either to see these days, though, but if you like flat, muddy expanses with wildflowers growing then you won’t be disappointed.

If you’re a fan of wartime history then this coastal walk on Hayling Island takes you past a Type 22 Pillbox. These are the common, regular hexagonal forms with internal Y or T-shaped anti-ricochet walls and supports. Obviously, people had been inside based on the detritus we could see through one of the openings but we decided not to venture in on the off-chance that there were ne’er-do-wells hiding out of sight. You can never be too careful where Hayling Island is concerned.

At the northernmost point of the walk we took along Hayling Island’s eastern shore was Mengeham Rythe Sailing Club. Despite my huge love of being on the water I’ve only actually been sailing once. That’s because in addition to my huge love of being on the water I also have a huge love of not getting absolutely knackered tying and untying ropes and ducking under swinging booms.

It wasn’t much further along the path that we came to the end of it and emerged onto tarmac. We probably could have walked on a bit more and picked up the path on the other side of the estuary in which many yachts were anchored but this walk was mostly just to get some fresh air after drinking the night before so we turned around and headed back.

Some of the houses we passed (at the end of Seaview Road where it joins with Marine Walk if you’re looking at a map) had huge gardens with views out across the water. I dread to think their asking price on the market. More importantly, though, one of those houses had two utterly gorgeous cats sitting at the bottom of its garden. Look at these well-looked-after beauties!

A few words about the rest of the day, this being the second and last day we’d be spending at Warner Lakeside on this visit.

The afternoon included a lovely long swim in the hotel’s pool. We also took party in a couple of trivia games but didn’t win, while we also brought our own boardgames with us and entertained ourselves while indulging in some drinks from the bar. All fabulously relaxing, which is all you want from a short break sometimes.

The evening followed the same pattern as every evening on a Warner Hotel break, with dinner ahead of music from the bands, then the DJ to finish the night off. The headline artists for this weekend were The Fourmost. 60s fans may have known the name but they were a decade before our time really and not big enough to have been a group we were familiar with. My wife’s parents remembered them, though, and despite no original members of the band still playing, they were a polished outfit, even if it was mostly just covers of other artists in much the same vein as every other act that had performed that weekend.

That concludes the coverage of our second visit to a Warner break at nearby Lakeside. For us it’s a convenient location that allows us to drive there on a Friday evening, spend a couple of nights being entertained and fed, knowing we can have a swim, play trivia, play snooker or darts, try some archery, or go for a coastal or seafront walk. And we like all those things, so we’ll probably do it again at some point.

An account of our 2025 weekend visit to Warner Lakeside is now available.