Firstly, we went with Jamie and Gia to a
wet and windy Dungeness with a brief stop at the Red Lion at Snargate (built
around 1540 and not decorated since 1890 this unique pub has an antique marble
bar top, original gas fittings and outside loos, and feels like stepping back
in time. There is an old piano and bar games such as ‘Toad-in-the-hole’ and ‘nine-men’s-morris’
on show). And then to have lunch at The Pilot Inn (built partly with timbers
from a ship lured onto the beach by wreckers).
While the other two travelled back to
London (slowly due to rail problems), Sue and I booked into the Chilston Park Hotel
(a slightly tired old manor house of faded grandeur) and enjoyed cocktails and
a light dinner in the bar, before retiring to our feature suite Victoria (rooms
have names or pictures instead of numbers) for the evening.
The next day we travelled to the coast
and stopped at Whitstable where we had a seafood lunch at The Crab and Winkle and
later ice-cream on the pier when we got to Herne Bay. A very pleasant and
indulgent weekend was had.
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