Blogs from Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 13

April 29, 2012 – Margate Here we are in Margate, visiting with my cousin Susan Marsh, her husband Eric and son Stephen. We have been so humbled and grateful to Susan, Eric and Stephen for taking the time to meet us in Margate, and so kindly show us the town. We saw the home that my Grandfather lived in, and the RAF base where he worked – we think prior to 1920. We visited the Tate Gallery, where a Turner exhibition is on display, and also Rodin's sculpture “The Kiss” (our bit of culture!) and museums at the airfield. But so far, the most astonishing thing we've seen is the Shell Grotto. The Shell Grotto is situated on Shell Grotto Hill, Margate (a small back street in the middle of town) – and is absolutely amazing. ... read more

Geo: 51.3347, 1.41787After a great trip to Malta we headed back to Ramsgate. We did not get back into Ramsgate until 11 at night. We headed straight for Ken and Debbie's home. We arrived to a warm reception and an amazing late night feast. It was so good to see or friends and catch up with them. Since we moved from Ramsgate Ken and Debbie got a English Bull Dog named Hendrix. He is the most lovable little guy ever. We went to Thai Orchid restaurant the next night to get our favorite lamb mango. It tasted even better than I remembered. Sunday night Debbie made Sunday roast dinner and boy was it a treat. Monday morning I got up early and headed for the train station to get into London early. I went to Brew ... read more

Well this time last year we were only talking about a trip to Morocco, now its a reality and the start line is getting closer!! Managed to pick up a set of roof bars for the truck last weekend so the Kanga roof tent could finally be fitted, now I've just got to wait for a chance to take it out for a dry run. Yesterday DK managed to pick himself up a canopy for his L200 so his list of mod's are almost complete as he already had roof bars for his tent, but it wasn't until this weekend we were able to fit them on the trucks. One thing we found on my setup was that because my truck is lifted, the ladder goes vertical, so I'm now on the look out for ... read more

Geo: 51.9026, 0.21801 GÜN 1 GÜNLERDEN CUMA: Koltuklar felaket dar ...kendime lanet okuyorum niye koltuğumu daha önce ayarlamadım diye ... Sanki yerler ferah feza imiş gibi önümde oturan ingiliz "kerester" koltuğu yataklamaz mı ? Al herifi kucağına öyle uç... iki koltuk arasına katladığım gazete bile sığmıyor .. Ben de arkadaki arkadaşı rahatsız etmeme adına koltuğu yatıramıyorum..tam bir işkence ... neyi saklıyorsam ötmeğe hazırım... Pegasus personeli neredeyse "sağa baktınız" diye para talep edecekleri korkusuyla sadece önüme bakıyorum..... Neyse hayırlısı ile Stansted'e baktık ... Hava alanı görevlileri gelen insanları derhal "başkasılaştırarak" bizi "diğerleri "kuyruğuna yönlendirdi... AB vatandaşları...ABD ve Common Wealth vatandaşları ve Diğerleri diye basit... read more

So I'm not all that impressed with Dover, the city anyway. The cliffs and the castle were great, but everything else not so much. My day started off good. I left Canterbury, took a short train ride to Dover, and had breakfast at one of the little cafes in the main market area. Then I went to the castle. It was amazing! It was massive, with numerous buildings spread out over the top of the white cliffs. You could see it from just about anywhere in town. The first thing I did was a tour of the wartime tunnels. The first level I toured was the middle one, originally built in the late 1700's. The tour mainly focused on the role it played in WWII, especially the evacuation of Dunkirk. It managed communications and monitored ships ... read more