Further to my buddy Norm's reply I am posting an extract from page 184 of Dileas which covers the spring of 1943:

"THE days moved a little more rapidly while they awaited another
English spring, no doubt because of their constant change of
environment: they left Horam and Little London, and spent periods
at Lewes, Portslade, Brighton, Shoreham and Seaford. They returned
once to Horam, but soon were returning regularly to Stone Cross,
4 miles northeast of Eastbourne, which was as close to a permanent
home as the 48th Highlanders had that late winter and spring. Part
of their shuffling from position to position was because they were
warders of the Channel Coast while the bulk of the Canadian troops
in England were off on famous Exercise Spartan, or in Scotland. It
was strongly suspected that another reason was to keep them well
tired out-and out of trouble.
Stone Cross proved a much happier home than Horrible Horam.
They were on the edge of Eastbourne, which was a help in itself, and
if they were again well scattered there were many compensations.
B Company, for instance, discovered the Pevensey Bay was one of
the best-stocked pubs in all England. Train service was almost as
convenient as at Kingswood; there was a direct rail-line to permit a"