Surely then the best option is to go by train. There are 3 an hour - and the Ashford diesel misses out the halts (although having only 2 carriages means it's packed quite often).
The problem if you are going to Hastings is that you have to visit Eastbourne effectively twice. You can even get off at Hampden Park to have a sneaky fag and get back on the same train again (having walked across the bridge).
On first thoughts the obvious answer is to campaign to get scrap the Eastbourne visit? But realistically I guess a connection will not be built and I suppose some people do want to go to go Eastbourne to visit their elderly relatives.
The real problem is that you end up sitting in the Eastbourne station (nice as it is) for 15 mins. Scrap this wait and could get to and from Brighton and Hastings in less than an hour - even at rush hour.
NB - Heartily recommend Hastings for a visit. A town which has been on its uppers for years shows plenty of signs of reviving. The Old Town is an unpretentious version of what Brighton's North Laine used to be like.
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