Le Brighton to Le Newhaven

I had harboured a desire to cycle to Newhaven, er, Harbour from London but had bought cheap rail tickets as an insurance in the face of the British Summer inclement weather. Come the day and I was soaked just getting from the brillo pad to Victoria .
We got off the train at Brighton, took one look at the October weather in June and hopped on to another - the Newhaven train.
Newhaven looks as if it had just been evacuated in preparation for its destruction from any number of sources and the ferry is to be the last transport out. The BBC should return to its low budgets and film Doctor Who at Newhaven Harbour Station - or another spin off of Life On Mars. The station is boarded up, rusty and derelict save for a spanking new Help Point contraption. Well, it was only £2.50 from Brighton.
Having arrived an hour earlier we enjoyed the grease on the spoon of the greasy spoon cafe inside the terminal building. Newhaven was once a disembarkation point for thousands of soldiers off to fight in various wars but, with the wars over and the battle of Eurotunnel lost, Newhaven hangs on with just two ferries a day. We wanted to take our bikes into the terminal as it was still tipping down but were told by a jobsworth employee that there would be no space as they were expecting 43 foot passengers. Space would certainly be an issue with 43 foot long passengers.