Blogs from Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 55

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Well, yesterday I caused some surprise - not least to myself - by clicking on the 'purchase this ticket' button and confirming my passage to Auckland, leaving Blighty on Thursday 27th in the afternoon.  I would like to reassure readers that this brief flash of itinerisation extended no further than booking a flight, and that I still have nowhere to stay and no idea what I will do once I'm there.  Hey-ho, that is the whole point after all :o) Now it just remains to buy out the remaining stock at Black's camping store and shoehorn it frantically into my jacket, track down a keyring-sized plastic hobbit with fully articulated arms and removable 'Fang' (or 'Lembas' if there's been a run on Frodos and I have to settle for a Samwise, please no - I haven't ... read more

Im here in England at my buddies house in the Isle of Sheppey. Its on the south eastern side of England about 1 hour from Heathrow by car. My friend Danny, who is allowing me to stay at his place and has been incredibley kind about how long i can stay and has shown me pretty much everything there is to see in Kent. The first day we got here, i of course walked to what i know as the passenger side of the car not thinking about how everything had been switched, man that and driving on the other side of the road was a trip. After entering Kent, we had some Cod and chips(fries) which is the most well known english food i believe. We then went to a few of the local ... read more

My friends took me for a walk today. Well actually, I chose it from four sea-view walks they had picked from a book of walks. We went to the url=https://www.discoveringbritain.org/activities/south-east-england/viewpoints/folkestone-warren-viewpoint.htmlFolkestone Warren. It wasn’t until after the walk that we got a clear explanation of the formation of a warren. Water gets into cracks in the chalk relatively close to the front of a cliff, and eventually the front breaks off, creating a new cliff face with a lot of rubble at the bottom. Trees and bushes grow in the rubble creating the warren. It’s a natural process that never stops. Steps have been taken to slow the erosion by the sea at the foot of the cliffs – at least to curtail damage to the rail line that runs at the bottom of the cliffs through ... read more

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