Dartford Sunday

Woke up this morning to hear of another attack in London. Horrible, how can this be stopped?

We had another big, slow breakfast with Di & Barry this morning. We were lucky that Di’s daughter, Sam, her husband Jim and their 2 beautiful girls Grace & Meggie were able to call in to say hello. What a loving, supportive family spanning 4 generations. We just loved seeing them all and were really sorry that we had to leave this morning, Di & Barry looked after us so well. The graffiti?? artist, Banksy, painted an impressive comment on the wall of a building set to be demolished in Dover. The ladder lookes real, with shadows adding to the reality.

 

We didn’t have far to go to Dartford Holiday Inn Express, but it took us all day. We were side tracked at Ramsgate when we saw a sign for a classic car show. Saw a group of interesting cars on the road and followed them to the foreshore park where there was a great range of cars. Lots of people, but we were lucky to find a parking spot right beside the entrance to the display area. Many Triumph Stags and lots of other classics that we don’t see at home. It was the annual “Bucket & Spade run”.

After we left, we drove via a pretty little village, Chilham, and sat outside in the sun with a good coffee (here we go again, focusing on the quality of the coffee, there will be many other comments about coffee).

Our final drive to Dartford should have taken about 30 mins, but took an extra hour because there was an “obstruction” on the motorway and we were stopped for most of the time. Bit more relaxed now, after a cool glass of New Zealand Sav Blanc. Wish we had bought more than 1 bottle, hopefully we can find another Morrisons supermarket and get some more.