Friday, 17 June, 2022 |
The previous couple of days had been hot and today was due to be the hottest day, and night, of the year so far… |
Saturday, 18 June, 2022 |
Needless to say with the first night of decent sleep for a couple of days because of the aircon I woke up feeling much more refreshed than I had done for several days… |
Sunday, 19 June, 2022 |
Given the weather forecast for the morning I had a bit of a lie-in and a late breakfast before heading out of the hotel… |
Monday, 20 June, 2022 |
I had an early breakfast and worked out of the hotel for most of the morning before using my lunchbreak to hop on a train back home to finish off my working day. |
Friday, 12 September, 2014 |
A quick dash across town and then onto the HighSpeed at St Pancras… |
Saturday, 13 September, 2014 |
A very pleasant breakfast completed I headed out of the hotel and went for a wander around town in the warm morning sun… |
Sunday, 14 September, 2014 |
Another excellent breakfast, and after checking out of the hotel I headed over to the neighbouring Dickens House museum… |
Friday, 11 September, 2015 |
I’d had a bit of emotional rollercoaster of a week, mostly caused by quitting my job of 12 … |
Saturday, 12 September, 2015 |
A very filling breakfast completed I headed out of the hotel to have a bit more of a wander around the marina area… |
Sunday, 13 September, 2015 |
Breakfast completed I checked out of the hotel and headed the short distance over to the historic dockyard to have a look around… |
Friday, 11 April, 2014 |
A quick dash across town after finishing work saw me make the train at St Pancras with plenty of time to spare. |
Saturday, 12 April, 2014 |
Breakfast consumed I headed the short distance over to the bus station to pick up the 9:45 bus out to Sandwich, from where it was a mile or so walk along the side of the River Stour to reach the Roman fort at Richborough… |
Sunday, 13 April, 2014 |
After breakfast I headed round the corner from the hotel to the ruins of St Augustine’s abbey, the first Christian site built in England since the fall of the Roman Empire… |
Monday, 14 April, 2014 |
In the end I was quite glad I’d had an early night as it meant I managed to get some sleep in before dinner decided it wasn’t going to go down without a fight… |
Friday, 09 August, 2013 |
From work it was a short journey up into town and then back out to North Kent, arriving in Faversham a little over 90 minutes after switching off my PC at work…. |
Saturday, 10 August, 2013 |
After breakfast I headed out into town for a bit more of a wander, before heading over to the Shepherd Neame brewery for my pre-booked tour… |
Sunday, 11 August, 2013 |
I checked out of the hotel and headed over to the station to pick up the train along the coast to Herne Bay… |
Friday, 12 April, 2013 |
An amazingly smooth journey came to a grinding halt within touching distance of the end… |
Saturday, 13 April, 2013 |
There’s something very comforting to be curled up under a big warm duvet whilst rain hammers at the windows and the wind howls round the outside of the building… |
Sunday, 14 April, 2013 |
Despite the weather forecast claiming it was warm and sunny they clearly hadn’t taken the readings for this corner of Kent as I looked out of the hotel room at a grey and overcast sky that was still slowly eking damp over Hythe… |
Friday, 14 January, 2022 |
I had my lunch break on the train down to Maidstone and then quickly headed across town to the hotel to checkin and finish off my day… |
Saturday, 15 January, 2022 |
A quick breakfast in the hotel and then the 10 minute walk down to the bus stop for the bus out to my first stop of the day at Leeds castle… |
Sunday, 16 January, 2022 |
I had a bit more of a lie in this morning as my first attraction was only a 15-minute bus ride away, and didn’t open until 10am… |
Friday, 03 January, 2014 |
When I originally planned to go down to Margate after New Years it was the early summer and my major concern, based on the previous few years, was would I get down there through the inevitable snow… |
Saturday, 04 January, 2014 |
Breakfast consumed I headed out of the hotel and along the sea front, up past the gallery and onto the Eastern cliffs, taking in the views from the former fort… |
Sunday, 05 January, 2014 |
Breakfasted and checked out I headed out into a gloriously sunny morning, with just faint wisps of fluffy clouds in the sky… |
Friday, 22 May, 2015 |
With the threat of a train strike causing chaos on Monday and Tuesday lifted I headed from the office and up to London… |
Saturday, 23 May, 2015 |
I hadn’t booked breakfast in the hotel and instead popped out to a nearby café for a spot of breakfast before going for a wander round Ramsgate… |
Sunday, 24 May, 2015 |
Another café based breakfast and then I picked up the bus up to the station and from there the train down along the coast to the town of Walmer… |
Monday, 25 May, 2015 |
With a sense of Groundhog Day I headed out of the hotel… |
Tuesday, 26 May, 2015 |
After a nice lie-in it was time to get up, check out and start the journey into work… |
Friday, 12 November, 2021 |
Originally this was supposed to be a weekend in Bavaria… |
Saturday, 13 November, 2021 |
An early breakfast and then out of the hotel and over to the station to pick up the train to my first stop of the morning… |
Sunday, 14 November, 2021 |
I had a bit of a lie in and a late start, as my ticket for Knole house wasn’t until late morning… |
Monday, 15 November, 2021 |
I worked out of the hotel in the morning and then used my lunch break to head back home. |
Friday, 27 October, 2019 |
I arrived in Tunbridge Wells in the middle of a sustained downpour… |
Saturday, 26 October, 2019 |
Overnight the weather had improved quite considerably and after a quick breakfast I was able to finish off exploring the Pantiles… |
Sunday, 27 October, 2019 |
I had a quick breakfast, checked out of the hotel and then walked the short distance round the corner to Tunbridge Wells West station… |