Blogs from Ramsgate, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

I think I am now as ready for my walk fromLand's End as I ever will be! Cape Cornwall Golf Club have kindly agreed to let me tee off from the first hole to signal the start of my walk although I will have walked six miles from Land's End in a northerly direction!! Looking forward to the challenge and I am so grateful for all the support Ihave received. Will start regular blogs on Monday Mick... read more

Geo: 51.3347, 1.41787After our long journey we were thrilled to be back in Ramsgate. Ruth made us a yummy dinner and we were off to the Monty for a pint. Eddie, Graham and Chris joined and made it feel like we never left. The morning came in a hurry and I was off to The Ramsgate Brewery to brew the next in the line of the Conspiracy brews. Left Coast Conspiracy. An American hopped pale ale. After the brew was transferred to the FV and the copper was scrubbed clean, the brew day was complete and we were off for the Ramsgate pub crawl with the gang. It was a mix of our old favorites and one new pub. The beer was flowing and tasting great. It was so great to be back in the old ... read more

Geo: 51.3347, 1.41787This is a tough one to write. I can't believe we have to leave. My job is done here and we are moving to San Diego, CA. I am really happy and lucky to have a job but we are not ready to leave England. This has become our home and we have so many friends.... I have to keep telling myself that we will be back soon for a visit. And we will.The photos attached to this blog are from the Great Wall of Ramsgate. How better to sum up such a fantastic town than by letting the locals tell the story. Every painting brings memories... well, not every painting... but most. There are so many people that we will miss dearly. Thank you so much to each of them for making our ... read more

Geo: 51.3347, 1.41787 June 5th was the 11th anniversary of Kim and I getting married. It seems like just yesterday. Boy time flies when your having fun. On our anniversary, I usually take Kim out for a nice dinner and get her a small present. This year I was having a hard time finding that certain something special. So instead of buying her another piece of jewelry that she would not wear I decided to take her for several surprises that I thought she would enjoy. Saturday afternoon we hopped in the car and drove into Sandwich to take a boat ride down the Stour river in hopes of seeing some seals. This is something we have wanted to do for a long time but for what ever reasons we had not done. The boat ride ... read more

http://www.justgiving.com/3marathonchallenge Three weeks to go until the first Marathon and it was time to undertake our next big training challenge. Today would see us run 20 miles along the Kent coast. After the celebration of last weekends half marathon personal best, I thought yeah why not, lets just stick another 7 miles on top, could be fun right? So now I’m a proper athlete it was time to get serious about the pre-race routine. Saturday night I crashed around Marathon Paul's house, as he would also be running tomorrow. Being the finely tuned running machines that we are, we knew it was important to get the right balance of light exercise and nutrition the night before a big race. Well come on now, what did you think we were going to do....sit around playing video games ... read more