Diary

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.

Diary

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…

Diary

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…

Diary

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…

Diary

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…

Diary

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…

Diary

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…

Diary

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…

Diary

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…

Diary

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.

Diary

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…