Archive for the 'Travel Stories' Category
A walk on Dunkirk Beach
In many ways, Dunkirk is similar to towns in Kent, just somewhere you pass through without stopping and taking in some of the scenery and history etc. The northern part of France and Belgium have both seen many horrific events in the past 100 years. In WW1 the area was a mass of Battlefields joined […]
Hastings, East Sussex
Hastings in East Suusex has a fine mixture of ingredients which cater for almost anyone to enjoy. On the one hand you have the ‘traditional’ seaside town flavours of Fun Fairs, Amusement Arcades etc., but you also have it being a centre for much natural beauty and some historical places as well. The town is […]
A Public Inconvenience
The cranes in Spain
Office on the train
A bus ride to town
Train timetable alterations
You’re a fairly responsible and sensible person. You occasionally use the trains as alternative transport and like to plan ahead. The problem is you aren’t on the Internet – and not everyone is. So, at some stage you’ve gone down to the Railway Station and picked up the Train Operating Companies most up to date […]
Car versus Moped
Studying genealogy, it was not that long ago that some people were entered in a Census as ‘imbosil’ and riding my Moped 14 miles from Ashford to Canterbury almost every day, I think some could be, and should be, classed as just that again. I can guarantee that on a weekday, any car which overtakes […]