Early morning swim and then off to explore more of East Kent. First to Walmer Castle, which is not on such a grand scale as Dover but interesting. The audio commentary included various remarks about 'opening up rooms' and knocking down partitions. All very 'Location Location'. There were a lot of Duke of Wellington memorabillia including the chair in which he was sitting when he died. This may sound a bit morbid but actually it was one of those real history moments. There is a 'small' garden made for the Queen Mother in which she used to sit when she was older. This was about 10 times the size of our whole house and garden. The kitchen garden, also very big, had some interesting plants including 'Walking Stick Cabbage'. Absolutely enormous.
Lunch in the cafe and then on to Deal. There is a good bookshop but it has competition from an Oxfam Bookshop which has a lot of stock. It charges more than we do but we found some bargains.
Deal also has a pier. It was a lovely walk giving a wonderful view of the houses on the seafront. There were a lot of fishermen but there didn't appear to be catching any fish.
Also walking on the pier was a Turnstone. We didn't see it fly but we did see it go down a flight of stairs, jumping from one to the next.
We finished the tour in Sandwich. We walked along the line of the old town walls which was very pleasant as the sun was still shining. Joan would have liked to visit 'The Secret Gardens' but it was too late to get value from the entrance charge.
Dinner at the pub in the village. There was a menu at the house that was quite extensive but on Thursday night it was bar food which was OK. Steak and Kidney pies, Scampi and Curry washed down with London Pride. We all enjoyed it. Eating somewhere else was refreshing.
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