Thanks for the response, without sounding stupid will the Thameslink St Pancras-Brighton trains be affected by this disruption? If not I could get that and then bus it over to Eastbourne although adding a good 3 hours to the journey.
Without reading through the whole thread, anyone know what the schedule would be like for getting to Eastbourne from Victoria would be like on these strike days? Have a funeral on the coast to attend that week.