Sep 03, 2011

God bless the local pub (The Gate Inn) they have free WIFI so I will use that for updating the blog while in the UK. The pub nestled on the edge of a little stream is a combination of a pub and the original village bakery complete with massive oven built in the 1700’s. It is about to be repainted complete with hand painted sign writing as it was 60 or so years ago.



The Gate Inn - Marshside Kent

But to today. After a solid 12.5 hours sleep we managed to convince ourselves we should probably get out of bed, had some breakfast and ‘in theory’ got ourselves organised (a big and somewhat misleading statement that one!) Eventually we set out again through the rolling golden fields of post- harvest grain stubble, fields of vegetables and tidy apple orchards to explore more of this south eastern tip of England. The day has been quite warm and it’s taking a bit of time to get the combination of protection and comfortable travelling temperature to come together. Some more experimenting needed.

We lunched in Ramsgate where we wandered through their market enjoying the comings and goings of the locals and wound our way around the coast for a bit looking at ferry marshalling yards, yachts in marinas, even a 65 year old steam driven tug boat (The Cervis) children swimming and also some beautifully colourful bathing boxes on the beach at Minnis Bay then back to Marshside for some chill time, dinner and sleep!



Ramsgate from the marina.