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A lovely day out, sightseeing in the Elham Valley, which is in the North Downs, in Folkestone and Hythe district in Kent. Lyminge The Parish Church of St Mary and St Ethelburga was originally founded in 633, although the modern... Continue reading
Posted Mar 27, 2023 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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A good few years back now, we holidayed in Ambleside in the Lake District. They had taken up the charming trend of the Teens, decorated animal statues - in this case, Herdwick sheep, characteristic of the Lake District. You know... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2023 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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...I went to the Peak District. Because I grew up in South Manchester and attended University in Nottingham, I have a long-standing familiarity with the area - numerous day trips from school and with the parents - but had never... Continue reading
Posted Sep 26, 2022 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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A warm and bright February Saturday, and it would have been criminal to stay indoors waiting for Spring. So, we went to Folke- stone. So many people out, all along the coast, obviously with this same thought! We parked up... Continue reading
Posted Sep 2, 2022 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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Another home-from-home in-between selling-and-buying. I've never stayed anywhere like this, nowhere so remote. A village of only 500 or so people, the cottage near the end of a long, narrow road, with just a few villas & homesteads, a vineyard,... Continue reading
Posted Aug 25, 2022 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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My favourite photos I took of food throughout September. I also had meals without my camera or where the lighting, or my incompetence, let me down. Often when alcohol came in copious amounts. Tian of Crab in Hythe Bay Seafood.... Continue reading
Posted Jul 18, 2022 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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My sister gave me a voucher for my birthday: so J and I went one gloriously sunny Saturday afternoon. It was a very nice afternoon tea; afterwards my camera and I had a little nosey around the hotel. The grounds... Continue reading
Posted Jul 9, 2022 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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Probably the nicest holiday let I have stayed in. I thought it was beautiful indoors, both in terms of refurbishment and modernisation, and in regard to décor and equipment. Its main disadvantage was being a long steep walk up from... Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2022 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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Sunday Roast at The Shepherd & Crook, Burmarsh Brew at 32, Lydd Lunch at The Ocean, Dymchurch. Continue reading
Posted Jun 16, 2022 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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Lympne is built on the site of the Roman fort and port Portus Lemanis, on the Saxon Shore. In subsequent centuries the lagoon below has become Romney Marsh. After brunch at The Bistro at Lympne Castle, we wandered the churchyard... Continue reading
Posted Jun 9, 2022 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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A few snapshots of a bright and mild winter's day in Dymchurch. Continue reading
Posted Jun 9, 2022 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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First in an occasional series of randomly selecting a recipe from just a handful of books with the intention mainly being to blog them. The deal is: no tedious peregrinations around the minutiae of my quotidian existence. No made up... Continue reading
Posted Apr 18, 2022 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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A trip into Folkestone for admin and non-exciting shopping. It was a particularly pleasant day, especially for January. Great to see so many people out and about. We ate at Market Square. If I lived or worked in Folkestone, I'd... Continue reading
Posted Apr 15, 2022 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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We have no shortage of churches on the Romney Marshes. Working churches, ruined churches, churches with barely a marker as to where they are, churches converted into yuppie flats, and then the other ones, churches such as St Thomas Becket... Continue reading
Posted Jun 19, 2020 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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When you're staying in a holiday let in the country in the middle of nowhere in the District of Dover, and it's pouring with rain and gloomily dark at midday in September, what do you do? You head for the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 8, 2020 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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Last autumn we booked both Christmas Lunch and New Year's Eve dinner at the same place, The City of London, just across the road from home. Two very good menus; the New Year one was as good as anything I'd... Continue reading
Posted May 6, 2020 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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After our visit to Canterbury Cathedral we went off for tea nearby - and found ourselves in Alice and the Hatter. A decent sandwich and a nice cup within striking distance of the cathedral. But I generally don't blog about... Continue reading
Posted May 3, 2020 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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Another go at Government Sanctioned exercise. We took to the fields. Romantically, I would say 'behind our house' but that's not really true. We walked behind the Parish Church, across the railway line and followed the well-signed footpath until the... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2020 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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A few days ago I did my Government Enforced Compulsory Bike Ride*. A nice gentle pedal along the seawall from Dymchurch to Littlestone, looking out at the Strait of Dover. I don't know if there is a term for the... Continue reading
Posted May 1, 2020 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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On Sunday I went for my statutory walk, along the beach, from opposite the Methodist Chapel to the slipway at High Knocke. As an aside, this feels strange. I haven't properly blogged in ages, and it's like I'm starting the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2020 at Gertsamtkunstwerk
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I needed to print some important documents but my own printer was irretrievable from a self storage unit. The nearest place I could get the printing done was in Canterbury. I thought it would be quite weird to go to... Continue reading
Posted Feb 10, 2020 at Gertsamtkunstwerk