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July 9, 2022 in England ⋅ 🌙 17 °CHeute morgen wachen wir auf einer Platten Luftmatraze auf... unsere Reparaturkünste, um das gestern gefundene Loch zu kleben, haben wohl nicht gereicht... schade. Dennoch fangen wir den TagRead more
Heute morgen wachen wir auf einer Platten Luftmatraze auf... unsere Reparaturkünste, um das gestern gefundene Loch zu kleben, haben wohl nicht gereicht... schade. Dennoch fangen wir den TagRead more
Now it can be told---I much prefer Ramsgate to Skeggy! Not least because of a return visit to the endlessly civilised Royal Temple Yacht Club. The sailing season hasn't fully got going so all is quietRead more
After a month in London I'm headed for the coast again but in the other direction from Cornwall---east Kent. I know Ramsgate, a town of about 40,000 people, from family trips long ago on my father'sRead more
Almost 6 months have passed since I spent a night away from home. It was a difficult winter with a long lockdown and there's no certainty of it being the final one. However in early June, summer hasRead more
For the third time since the pandemic started, I am in Ramsgate and with a friend this time, Louise, for the first two days. This time lodgings are at the Royal Temple Yacht Club, a place oozing withRead more
We drove for hours, now we have seen
The church of Saintly Augustine
And in the shop they try to shift
A plethora of Royal gift
Once more upon the motorway
To reach the sea at Pegwell Bay
Where weRead more
We walked for miles, saw seas 'n' skies 'n'
Someone stole the damn horizon...
On reflection I suppose
Even Chaucer wrote some prose
We walked up hill and up dale (?) into Ramsgate, which seemsRead more
And after rain, we travelled over
Fifteen miles to go to Dover
And then we went to pretty Deal
Before we had our evening meal
And so, beset by gull and gannet
We have a day in coastal Thanet
In Whitstable where it is known
Their song's "You'll Never Whelk Alone"
And some hours later in the day
We ended up in Nice Herne Bay
You might also know this place by the following names:
Ramsgate