Broadstairs - for John

Every time I mention the Kentish coastline on my blog, my lovely friend John reminds me that his partner Chris hails from Broadstairs on the Kent coast.  When we visited Kent in June, we did make a day trip to Broadstairs, but it wasn't brilliant weather and I didn't think my photographs did the place justice, so I never posted them, but as he mentioned it again recently, I thought I would dig them out - just for him.  (If you want to see why I feel my photo's are inferior, pop over to Nina's who also live in Broadstairs and captures the spirit of the town perfectly).

 We really enjoyed our morning in the town, it is quite different from the other coastal towns in Kent.

 We didn't look around Charles Dickens House, but I wish we had.  Good enough reason to go back me thinks.  They were having a Dickens Festival and lots of ladies and gents were walking around the town in costume which really added to atmosphere.

 And they had a re-enactment of some battle or other (I wasn't listening was I) happening on the cliff tops too.

 They fired a small cannon so that we got the full effect of defending the coastline from the French - I've never heard anything as loud in my life!

 We had a walk along the beach to the cafe at the end of the harbour and ate crab sandwiches - one of my favourites at the seaside.

 And we ventured around the older bit of the town.

 There was plenty to see and do and we had a really lovely day.  These Kentish coastal towns are very different (I think) from other seaside places in the UK.  I love the way places are unique to their region.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my photos's John xxxx

......But then we went down the road to Margate - I'm telling you Chaz n' Dave - you can keep yer Margate! It made Cleethorpes look cosmopolitan!