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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 28, 2011 15:36:05 GMT
I know that Kent coast area well (family for generations back come from Ramsgate) and I'd certainly go with Whitstable. Broadstairs is lovely for a visit and has some good restaurants but not necessarily a fishy place. I go down there quite often.
Avoid Margate and Ramsgate if I were you...
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 28, 2011 15:49:03 GMT
I lied about Broadstairs...
Just remembered an excellent fish restaurant above the pub opposite the pier...
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Post by tod2 on Sept 28, 2011 17:17:38 GMT
Appreciate that Mick! Sounds very similar to the Cafe`Fish restaurant above the ferry terminal in Tobermory on the Isle of Mull - beautiful food even if we found it a bit heavy on the pocket.
On the toilet door inside: "I must go down to the sea again, for the call of a running tide is a wild call and a clear call, that may not be denied;
All I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying, And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the seagulls cry"
Chesterfield
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Post by patricklondon on Sept 29, 2011 7:49:03 GMT
Er...............John Masefield.
Or, in Spike Milligan's version
I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; I left my shoes and socks there - I wonder if they're dry?
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Post by tod2 on Sept 29, 2011 8:13:08 GMT
You're right Patrick - I've just been to have another look behind the loo door! Masefield it definitely is - good spotting, thanks!
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 30, 2011 18:31:00 GMT
Ha -- love the Milligan version, too.
I used to frequent a bar that had the whole first paragraph of Walden Pond on the wall in the ladies' toilet.
Um, that was off-topic!
Hey Patrick -- have you been down to the sea again lately?
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Post by patricklondon on Oct 2, 2011 17:22:07 GMT
No, actually, I haven't. The summer was a bit of a wash-out, and I got sidetracked by other interests. Haven't been too good about country walks either.
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Post by lola on Oct 2, 2011 19:19:08 GMT
So do the British become irritable when others expect quaintness of them? Is "charming" okay? We had German visitors once I dragged around to what passes for our stately homes and historic areas, before finally realizing they wanted funky blues dives and immense roadside soft drink bottles.
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Post by patricklondon on Oct 3, 2011 9:18:16 GMT
All a matter of context. If you live in an eighteenth-century village full of thatched cottages with dinky little tea-shops you can't complain if you're expected to be "quaint".
But if you're from the council houses on the outskirts of the village and your grown-up children can no longer afford to live there or find a job that doesn't involve being quaint on demand, you might have a different view.
Double that and add a bit if you live in a big city with all mod cons and think you're an up-to-the-mark sort of go-getter in the global economy. "Quaint" isn't on the agenda.
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Post by lola on Oct 4, 2011 22:45:45 GMT
Thanks, Patrick. That makes sense.
Can't blame travelers for wanting what they don't have at home.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 3, 2023 16:56:33 GMT
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Post by lugg on Apr 3, 2023 19:26:24 GMT
Lovely Mick - I have a yearning for the sea ...this Easter weekend's weather looks promising for a walk on a beach
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 4, 2023 3:40:49 GMT
You sure got some lovely pictures. Lucky little dog! Bet he had fun.
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